Are you a planner or spontaneous?

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@Princesse I admire that a lot, actually! Probably because I myself lack these qualities. Feel free to share some of that drive and planning ability with me, lol. :D

I'll probably have to learn the hard way at some point in life, though.
 
a lot of people say God has a plan I think its a christian cliche for God to have a plan for you...But He does apparently from way before you were born by sending Jesus.

I also think God is spontaneous because His mercies are new every morning.
 
Belka said:
@Princesse I admire that a lot, actually! Probably because I myself lack these qualities. Feel free to share some of that drive and planning ability with me, lol. :D

I'll probably have to learn the hard way at some point in life, though.
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I believe we’re fearfully and wonderfully made. If God made you spontaneous, He has a reason and the tools to accomplish His will through your spontaneity. While I recommended a resource in my initial post. I’m reluctant to tell someone to adapt behaviors that may contradict their makeup. I think it’s important to play to our strengths instead.

I am an extreme and what I’m implying by that comment is this. My personality, gifting, talents, lifestyle and season heavily contribute to my perspective. It isn’t solely the fact I’m an overachiever. Or a Myers ENTJ-A or Enneagram 3/Mover and Shaker Tritype. It isn’r the gifts and talents alone or the time to indulge my interests and calling. Or the absence of responsibilities (spouse, children, etc,) competing for attention. And stresses depleting my energy and focus.

It’s everything combined and that’s the part most don’t admit. I was bred for excellence and took those lessons and turned up the volume many times over. Or 10X’d as they say. It would be unfair to take a principle I’ve had a lifetime to refine and tell someone at the starting line they can do the same. While there is obvious effort the nature is fixed. I don’t need to coax myself to get started or stay the course. And that’s useful for my purpose.

But God needs people of different stripes and dispositions. He fashioned me this way to minister to those like myself. And the same holds true for you. I hope that makes sense. I see this echoed about success, faith, and other subjects far too often. But grace compels a different response. I’m more likely to tell you to use what you’ve got for His glory and allow the Holy Spirit to fine tune the process. Only He knows our capacity. We underestimate our abilities more than we realize.

You can check out The 12 Week Year. It’s really good. And Charlie Gilkey has great resources on his site. That’s a good place to start. If He desires more you’ll know. The hunger will present itself and it won’t abate. :)
 
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Planner, mostly. But not a goal oriented person. My mind simply prefers to have some idea of what's ahead. I also generally prefer routine.
But I do like some spontaneity once in a while. In fact if it doesn't happen every so often I grow anxious in my desire to do something outside the norm.
 
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I'm such a independant person that I like doing what I want.
I'm going to have to say I'm 50/50 on both counts.
However I'm also stubborn so I may resist other's planning.
 
in a lot of jobs, Im thrown in at the deep end, and someone else has already done all the planning and I just have to go along with whatever they have planned.

But when I get the chance to plan something I have to do it months before or even a whole year before so I can get people on board.

someone has asked me to be on a comittee and so I said I would think about it. Im already involved with lots of things so I have to drop one thing and do another, theres such a thing as being overcomitted.

Ive learned that some people just dont like change. So you have to either change things in small increments so that they dont notice. or tell them absolutely everything beforehand. But if you tell them too much they get overwhelmed and resist.

Because of weather, a lot of things I need to do according to season, but where I live, its unpredictable there can be four seasons in one day. So when I worked full time as a gardener, it was really taking each day as it comes as well as loosley planning the tasks you would tackle first.

Gardening by the moon actually helps with planning and structure. cos you could do stuff, but it would be the wrong time and your plants health would suffer if you did at the wrong time. its the same with families...people think oh the rythym method doesnt work and would rather have babies as a surprise. well Ive seen that in families that arent planned, they can be totally dysfunctional. of course God has mercies for those who dont plan ahead, but if you read Numbers He definitely had a system of organising all those Israelites down to the last tribe. Othwerwise it would have been chaos.
 
was thinking also, where I live was not really planned. some cities and towns are fully planned and laid out according to a grid pattern, but not mine, its built on top of 50 dormant volcanoes, and possibly some active ones we dont know about. so anything could happen....
 
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