Week 19
I am kind of a perfectionist. Early in my consulting career, I would not show anyone a document until it had been written and rewritten to what I thought was perfection. . If anyone found an error or anything I missed, I felt like I had failed.
Then one day, I was working with a Project Manager who needed ask for an incomplete document. I told him it was NOT done, but he took it from me any way. As I stood there protesting, he laughed, took a highlighter and wrote draft on the page; then tore the bottom. He said, “No one will mistake this for done now?” and walked off.
When he came back, I was amazed to learn the client was impressed with the first draft and had really great feedback that not only saved me time but helped me deliver exactly what they wanted. I learned a really valuable lesson that day. The work belonged to the client, it was never mine. It was not about me.
Writing this has been another lesson in release for me. I am committed to getting it done. I pray, I read, and I write trusting that Spirit guides my hands. I have to trust that even if it is not perfect, it is exactly the way it was meant to be. After all, it is not about me. It never was.
Verse for This Week
Psalms 9:10
Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Word
Release
Today I release the need to control knowing that God works through me and as me when I get out of the way.
I am kind of a perfectionist. Early in my consulting career, I would not show anyone a document until it had been written and rewritten to what I thought was perfection. . If anyone found an error or anything I missed, I felt like I had failed.
Then one day, I was working with a Project Manager who needed ask for an incomplete document. I told him it was NOT done, but he took it from me any way. As I stood there protesting, he laughed, took a highlighter and wrote draft on the page; then tore the bottom. He said, “No one will mistake this for done now?” and walked off.
When he came back, I was amazed to learn the client was impressed with the first draft and had really great feedback that not only saved me time but helped me deliver exactly what they wanted. I learned a really valuable lesson that day. The work belonged to the client, it was never mine. It was not about me.
Writing this has been another lesson in release for me. I am committed to getting it done. I pray, I read, and I write trusting that Spirit guides my hands. I have to trust that even if it is not perfect, it is exactly the way it was meant to be. After all, it is not about me. It never was.
Verse for This Week
Psalms 9:10
Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Word
Release
Today I release the need to control knowing that God works through me and as me when I get out of the way.
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