Planning and Side effects

This time of the year (Aug-Sept), we work a lot with praying and planning for 2013. This evaluation of our involvement is becoming more and more necessary and vital. Good planning is biblical. God is a God of order. Often we ask ourselves:

• Where are we going? Our Vision, Our Goal.
• How will we reach it? Our Mission.

But another issue that has become more and more relevant to me is:

• What are the side effects? Both negative and positive.

We live in a complicated world and we affect others, more than we think. Others opinions are not our master, but it is healthy to take a look at our side effects at the time of planning, so we make sure they are positive.

The other night Anna and I watched the Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speak. His determination, skill and charisma gave us a lot of courage and hope. He gave positive Side effects far beyond Singapore. He believed in 3 words:

Hope

Heart
Home

With an open heart for God and people we can see many positive side effects around us. We can have a testimony that makes a difference. Ingvar