thanks so much!
God is faithful
even when we are not
I did not feel ready with any of my lessons today
but school was good
when i woke up
i was hardly awake at all
and my lips muttered something like
i don’t know how this is going to work
9:17
Ko Family

9:17
Ben
cause it was 5:00 and i had not much sleep
9:18
Ko Family

9:18
Ben
but something inside kept me going
God kept me going
I knew I had to just go and trust Him
9:19
Ko Family

And it went well?
9:20
Ben
and it just came out step by step
i don’t know if i taught my best, most foolproof lessons
but the students were good enough each time
to let the lesson go through
and yes
i finished the day in a positive place mentally and…
anyway
i should go to sleep soon
i need to start catching up on sleep
cant’ pull today’s trick too often
9:23
Ko Family
Bless you. Praise the Lord.
Is there anything else you want to tell us before we say good night?

“Guys didn’t come to play, whether they’re feeling sorry for themselves because Alex isn’t in, I don’t know,” he said. “This isn’t a one-man team and these guys have got to understand that because people can get hurt at any moment.”

via Southeast: Caps need others to step up in Ovechkin’s absence – NHL.com – Division Notebooks.

This coach knows what he wants to see change in his team, but he doesn’t seem to know how to achieve that change and why that change is not taking place. Does he know his players?  As a leader, do I know why my team is acting the way they do, and am I committed to acting on that knowledge to bring about change?

Coaches need to know more than what they want. They need more than a vision. They need a plan. And they need to take action. Even if it is not “certain”, they must try. That is certain. They cannot simply sit and wish that things were going better. Praying is taking action. Asking questions is taking action. Observing and discerning is taking action. Sitting and watching is not. Going beyond just telling the team what the end is, a coach must also lead in the path towards that end.

Those are my thoughts for now. And I hope to learn this. I am praying towards it. God alone can make me a better leader.

But no one understands

There are nights

But none that will put the day to sleep

There are friends

But none that you know

There are fields

But not that you’ve sown

You see your face

Does not look like your own

And all that you do

Won’t make you belong

The mountains you climb

Separate you from

Others

But raise you higher

As the YOU that you know

Becomes smaller

So do the people you serve, but more important as well.

And all those you do not know

Bring you closer to the One you would know

But do not well

Would show

But cannot

But need not

But may not

Would grow in

But is lost in feeling

Unknown

But everyday He shows me

That He knows me more

Than I know Him even now

And that is all I need.

…or something like that