{"id":127,"date":"2013-06-24T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plannerperfect.com\/2013\/06\/24\/how-to-write-your-mission-statement\/"},"modified":"2013-06-24T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T16:46:00","slug":"how-to-write-your-mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plannerperfect.com\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"How to Write Your Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"


<\/span>You were called for a purpose. <\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span>God has given everyone a purpose with talents and gifts and it’s important we know what they are. These talents are God’s gift for each one of us so that we can be all we can be and experience the pure joy and fulfillment that going for a dream using our talent can give. <\/span>

<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n


<\/span>So seek your gifts, understand your life’s purpose, and aim high! Without knowing your true life’s purpose you are missing out and not living to your full potential.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which is why I want to teach you how to write your very own Mission Statement for your life. <\/span>If you have not written a Mission Statement, now is the time. Your Mission Statement is important. It’s what will keep you focused, keep you from expending your energies on anything other than your purpose and gives you a clear vision for what God has placed on you to do with your life. This gives you the ability to discern what you should turn away and go for in life. If it doesn’t align with your Mission Statement for your life, turn it away. Your most precious gift is your time. Do not waste it on anything that does not take you closer to your calling God has called you to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first thing I want to make sure you are aware of is to not be tempted to write down your highest calling of being a wife and mother in your Mission Statement. These callings are indeed a high calling and your goals you have for your mothering and being the best wife you can be, can be written in your Goal sections of your Planner Perfect planner<\/a>. But when you’re scripting your personal<\/i> Mission Statement you need to keep it just that; personal. <\/i>It is what God has called you to do alongside your motherhood and being a wife to your husband. The reason for excluding your called titles is because being a mother and a wife does not define who you are and what your personal passion is and what you are called to do! What about when the kids are grown<\/a>, then what shall you focus and put your energies toward? You will feel lost and a sense of displacement if you make your Mission Statement about your titles of being a wife and mother only. <\/span><\/p>\n

So what are some tips to help you find your purpose? <\/span>

<\/span>Do not use your life’s titles in your Mission Statement<\/b><\/span>
As we just discussed above, this is going to be your personal Mission Statement. Your high calling as a wife and mother can be kept in your Goal Sections in your planner. Let’s keep this Mission Statement to your personal passion God has placed on you to do.<\/span>

<\/span>Just because you’re good at your talent does’t mean it is your calling<\/b><\/span>
Now, understand that we can have several talents which makes it imperative we know which one to pursue. For example: I would consider myself an artist. I can draw, paint, create, you name it and I enjoy it, have shared the gift with my children, family, the world, and it is a talent of mine, but…it is not my <\/span>passion<\/i>. <\/span>

<\/span>We can have several things we’re good at; figure out which one you are most passionate about and aim for that. Keep your energies narrowed down to your most passionate dream and goal and know that just because you have talent in several things doesn’t mean you should put all your energy into all of it or the wrong one. Pray about it, ask God to show you what he wants you to pursue and keep it to the one you’re most passionate about.<\/span>

<\/b><\/span>Being busy doesn’t mean you’re effective<\/b><\/span>
I’ve always stated that busyness is overrated. We are so busy as a society. It’s as though busyness creates successful people. <\/span>

<\/span>It doesn’t. <\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 46:10<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
“Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n