And my 20 year old self would say ....

I've been very fortunate. I look back on my life and I don't see a lot of struggles. Not the real kind. The kind that stops you in your tracks and completely derail you. I see a few challenges, but maybe those were just opportunities. I see shortcomings, but maybe those were just lack of preparation. And I think about how each step led to the next.  What if I hadn’t taken that class, opened that newspaper, went to see Roger Rabbit?

I get to work with a vast array of people from all walks of life.  Some of the best people on the planet.  A few, well, maybe not so much.  Mostly what I do with all these groups is teach "something".  A processes, software, data, steps.  I generally see three groups.  The first (and smallest group) really want to do whatever the task is well.  The second, probably the largest group, would like to see "the thing" get done, but they really don’t want to do it.  They’re the “let someone else” do it group.  And then, there is always that group that opposes, complains, blames.  I’ve been working with this group on a specific project for about a year and a half.  I’ll tell you more on this tomorrow.

Nehemiah (and Ezra) ran into these groups.  It would have been so easy to quit.  But, I like how Nehemiah handled each step in this process of rebuilding the wall.  Let’s dig into Nehemiah and these opportunities by starting back in chapter 2 with this question in mind.  If I look back at my 20-year-old self and asked, “if you knew God was on your side and you couldn’t fail, what would you attempt?”

See you tomorrow