At one point during my youth ministry days, I worked as part of a large pastoral team where the senior pastor was an easily distracted workaholic. He would fire off memos to various underlings throughout the week, assigning random new work projects as they would pop into his head.
But he rarely followed through or checked on progress.
A few months into my tenure at the church, one associate pastor pulled me aside to explain how she kept her workload light with her "3 Memo Rule". It was simple: she always threw away the first two memos he sent regarding any proposed new projects. If and when a third came, at that point she would get to work on it.
The third memo proved he was serious.
Have you ever treated the Bible like it's Memo #1 from a distracted Boss in a distant office?
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