Your Story (as told by your email box)
Spiritual Growth June 1st, 2007 Sorting through my email box, which honestly I should do more frequently, a thought came to me. What does the information in your email box say about you?
Now you are probably thinking this is not novel or even spiritual but wait…. Reviewing the subjects, senders, and responses can be a quick tool to help you assess what your energies have been focused on. For example, if you say that it is important to build your business this year but the majority or your emails have been spam, forwards, or gossiping emails —you may not be leveraging your resources to get the results you desire. Your email sent box provides you a daily, weekly, or monthly analysis about your priorities and what captures your attention. I know it’s only a part of the story but remember the old adage “a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” Or even, “take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. SS 2:15.
God has given each of us a divine mission and we have a limited amount of time to accomplish it. Are you maximizing the precious resource of time?
Today, I invite you to take about 3 minutes, look at the story your email box tells about your priorities, does it tell the story you want written? Are you focused, are your actions supporting your God given goals? Or do you need to make some adjustments? If you are on target praise God. Pray that you continue on and that others who may not be able to answer yes right now may soon be doing so. If not, praise God still and thank Him for His mercies and the opportunity He has given right now to take an action step toward lining up your efforts with your priorities.
Be Blessed Today and Always.
Faithfully,
MC






June 13th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Within the first minute of looking through my email, I started to realize something. First, I turned a filter on that deletes any spam before it gets to my inbox. The spam that does leak through (yes, we know that all filters are not 100% accurate), I delete the moment that I see it without opening it or giving it a second thought. Secondly, I realized that some useless emails somehow caught my attention. I opened and read them and decided they were useless but did not delete them. Finally, there were emails from trusted sources that I felt I should read because they spent the time to send them to me.
Looking at all of this, I thought about the spam in my life that I filter out automatically without thought. This is a good thing.
Even though some issues get through the filter, I am still able to quickly delete them from my life with little time spent on them. This is a good thing too.
BUT…..I really had to look at those that caught my attention and took my focus away from my priorities. Whether they were sent from strangers, friends or family, the time spent on these emails were not lining up my efforts with my priorities.
I praise God for the insight that I have received and for the opportunity to refocus on my goals.
YL