the old vision...

So, years of waiting, procrastinating, and flat out laziness to get to where I am today. First I have to say, I'm sorry. I have started so many things I've never finished. But now--This. After studying the book of James, I learned something interesting...

"Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it." (James 4:17 NLT)

So James wrote in his letters that procrastination is a SIN? Wow--Indeed it is! So once again let me apologize for my lack of initiative. Now let me reassure you, it won't be like that this time! But this post is not about how it will be this time, it's about the first vision, Gift of Flight Productions.

I had a vision of a way to help Christian musicians get their voice out there and start sharing their voice and vision. It was a ministry, non-profit, where I would build a recording studio and rent time out for free to artists who met the criteria. Being a Christian musician myself I understand how hard it is to make a name for yourself and how much debt one can accrue trying to record even just an EP. So, I would give them the free gift of recording and promotion in effort to help them take off. I'd give them the "gift of flight." It was a good vision, yes, but God wanted more out of it and through confirmation after confirmation showed me that this was not what He had in mind for me. I don't have the time or equipment or space necessary to run a ministry like that. Maybe someday it will be a part of the GoFM list of ministries but as for now, it's going to the back burner...

Then I got to thinking (which is dangerous, I know) and I prayed to God, "God, I know You have given me a vision and purpose for ministry and I know you've even given me a name for it. God, what am I supposed to do with Gift of Flight? What CAN I do with Gift of Flight?" Then He gave it to me. He said to me, "You have an uncompromising work schedule, a family who requires your leadership and full attention, and when the day is done you still seem to have time for the internet..."

Aha!