I always loved spring, for a few reasons. One was that things would start to warm up again (I am not a huge fan of being cold). Second is that it meant summer break was just a step closer. So needless to say my grades always had a hard time when spring hit. All I could think about was getting outside and playing some type of sport, in high school it was tennis, college is was a toss up between ultimate Frisbee and soccer. I remember one particular spring day when I was at the local state university I had sat next to window in my class, which had a great view the football field. While my professor was talking I was thinking how great it would be to be out there playing something. Well what I missed was the professor was going over all the stuff that was needed for our upcoming midterm which was a large portion of our grade. I think all I caught was my professor saying, “alright class if you just study those things you will do fine on your midterm and remember you grade can determine whether you will pass of fail this class.” All I could think was great, way to stay focused Chris. So over the next week I study super hard and went though every note I had ever taken and every chapter in the book. Only to find out on midterm day that the test only covered one topic out of everything we had learned.
Well good news was I got a good grade and later passed the class, but sad part was that I had to give up hours at work, lose time playing out in the nice beautiful spring weather, and had to cancel a prior engagement that I was looking forward to all because I lost focus for a moment in time.
You know I have found that to be so true in youth ministry. I have lost my focus several times and in the end only cause me more work than I needed to do. Let’s take a look at some of the areas I lost focus in and what I did to get it back.
Tomorrow Part 2
