C.J. Mahaney shares some thought regarding handling unexpected events in our daily schedule…
My preference is to retreat to Starbucks on Monday morning a day off for me. That’s when two very important things take place: 1 I carefully study the Washington Post sports page. 2 I consider my roles, create goals, and transfer them into my schedule for the coming week.
But no matter how hard we try, it is impossible to plan every detail of our week. Interruptions arise, an unanticipated phone call requires an immediate decision and possible time investment, a new email from a friend requests our help, and a new counseling situation arises that will require the pastor’s immediate attention. The list of possible surprises in our carefully planned weeks is seemingly endless.
So what do we do with the requests we didn’t see coming?