Will we ever really get to it?

Why is it so hard to reach our relational dreams? We hope one day to be the perfect husband and father or wife and mother. We hope one day to finish our educational degree goals. We hope one year we can get all our Christmas cards out before Christmas. Sometimes our intentionality turns into hopes instead of the other way around. Intentionality means something being done by plan and purpose.

What do you want for your family? Maybe you're achieving it already. The rest of us are dreaming and scheming, but finding it alot of work to actually get moving on it. It all starts with defining the end.

What do we want our family to look like? What do we want to focus on? Why does marriage and family exist? If we can answer questions like that, then we are not far from getting off the bench and taking the team to victory.

A team has plans. A team has goals. A team is working towards perfecting their positions and performance. In sports just like relationships you cannot always predict what is coming next, but you learn to look for the signs. You learn from experience, and you get better.

If we just hope and dream for things to be better, but never do anything to change it will we find satisfaction in our relationships? I am a terrible procrastinator. Anyone who knows me well could probably tell you of a time that I missed something because I put it off too long. Now I am watching my children get as tall as me, and I am evaluating whether I have given them everything they need for a fruitful life. There are lots of important issues that my wife and I have covered, but what about the rest?

Are you just letting things happen as they come in your family? What is your family design? How do you know which way to go in life? Once we have the design, we see what we need to invest our time and resources. For instance how can I teach my family time management, team work, self-sacrifice, diligence, integrity, and a love for learning? Then, based on those values, we can begin activities that would benefit us in those ways. It's purposeful and intentional. It helps us get to it. Will you get to it?

Bryan

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