Skip to main content

Write your personal mission statement!

Image
By design#860
Write your mission statement!

In my last post, I talked about purpose.  More specifically, I talked about creating the foundation of your purpose by writing a personal mission statement for your life.  I realize this may sound daunting to some of you, but let's review the benefits of this exercise.  If you had time to consider your spiritual gifts, knowing what those are can be a great help to help you form your mission statement. 

Your personal mission statement will:

  • Validate your gifts.
  • Give you direction on what you will and will not do in life.
  • Be an inspiration to yourself, and it will inspire others as they see you working through the gifts God gave you.
  • Give you freedom and clarity, enabling you to live through your God given gifts.


Where do you begin?

  • Set aside time for prayer.  Ask God to show you your gifts and talents.
  • Write down moments in your life when you were doing something and you felt most alive.
  • Take note of those moments as they reveal a great deal about your natural gifts and talents.
  • Take a spiritual assessment inventory.  There are many available on-line.
  • Use the worksheet provided to help you formulate your mission statement.

Worksheet questions

Here are the questions to ponder and answer to help you form your mission statement:

I am trusting God to use my gifts: (list your spiritual gifts or evident strengths, achievements, etc.)
_______________________________________________________

To impact and serve: (list what you are most passionate about or care deeply about)
_______________________________________________________

In order to: (state what you would like to see as a result of using your gifts)
_______________________________________________________

Write your mission statement here

_______________________________________________________

 Mission Statement Worksheet Link - Click Here


It can be challenging to assign words to your gifts and talents, but trust me, those definitions will come to you as you settle your thoughts and give yourself permission to seek God's affirmation in the process. 

To give you an example, I know that some of my gifts are exhortation, teaching, leadership, and creativity.  So those words will help me fill in the first blank of the worksheet.  I will serve people through these gifts.  The words "so that" can help you fill the third blank of the form.  For me, I know I want to enrich lives through creativity and beauty.  

My statement will read something like this....

To artistically inspire beauty, creativity and healing in people's lives so they can do the same for others.

My statement is a work in progress.  For now, I'm good with what I have.  It may change, and that is okay.  You are not boxed in to a mission statement forever!  I hope it actually makes you think about your life in ways you haven't! 

Joy to you in the journey!

Re

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What does your "cookbook" look like?

By
My Betty Crocker cookbook is a wreck. It was given to me as a bridal shower gift in 1979, and I have treasured it ever since. Over forty years later, it remains a prized possession. It has been my cooking guidebook, truly important when you’ve grown up feasting on a mainly southern Italian diet, (no complaints here) which included a lot of pasta and meatballs. Yes, our meals had variety, but gravy was simmering at my house just about every other day. The traditional, and now collectable Betty Crocker cookbook became my best friend in the kitchen. Today, it has all the signs of being used and maybe a little abused. The pages are weathered, written on, and stained. The covers are loose, no longer held in place by the familiar spiral binding. The only thing keeping it together is an oversized, stretchy band. I’ve collected other cookbooks over the years, but this one has been my go-to manual. In it, I discovered new recipes, tried making things I had never heard of, and was thrilled
2 comments
Read more

What I learned in March

By
Another day of snow.  The amount we'd been getting was absurd.  But this one particular day, there was an amazing snowfall.  Even though I really, really wanted to complain, I just couldn't.  It was way to beautiful.  As I drove to work, I looked at the trees along my route.  Each covered perfectly with a velvety ribbon of white.  Just amazing.  How could I possibly complain?  So as I drove, I took it all in.  Any other day, maybe the snow would not have received such a welcome, but this day, it did.  I decided to celebrate instead of complain.  So what happened?  Well, my disposition changed.  Since then, I focused on a simple prayer.  Lord, change me.  Three little words.  Because when it comes down to it, the driver for my mood is my attitude, my perspective, my thinking...all of it.  Learning and saying these three little words was a huge graduation for me.  It gave me a sense of peace and relief.  That is, until I learned a new way to pray just last week.  During a sm
3 comments
Read more

Baby steps to Big Girl Dreams

By
My heart was racing.  I had a tug inside of me to make a call to the local community college to inquire about teaching a continuing education class.  I had always had a desire to teach, and the bubbly stir inside of me kept pushing me to act.  My only problem was that  the conversation in my head made me want to run and hide.  But the stir was so very strong.  I had to do something.  And then I remembered a teaching I had just heard by Joyce Meyer.  She spoke about fear and how it can grip your life.   Her solution was simple.  She said, "Whatever you need to do, do it afraid."   A light blub moment !   Her words interrupted that internal conversation, and pushed me to make a choice and shift my thinking.  I marched to the phone....afraid....and made the call to the college.  I asked if they were in need of instructors and before I knew it,  one thing led to another.  By the end of the call, I had an interview lined up and a request to submit a curriculum for a new class
4 comments
Read more