We began the year with a weekend long staff retreat at the Sabeto Christian Camp. Although it was a time to regather & regroup after a few weeks off, it was thoroughly enjoyable. Being under the trusting wings of Sikeli at the Camp Site, the entire PTC family participated in what appeared to be competition, but was actually team building exercises. Some of these exercises reminded us that the we needed the gym more than the gym needed us!!!

As we drew closer to Gods heartbeat & waited on the Lord for His direction for 2010, we sensed in the Spirit that this year for us, would be a year of “Going into the Deep.” A sense of trusting God to take us to deeper levels of trusting in Him. Going to the deep would mean, forsaking our comforts, leaving the “usual” and entering into another whole new level of stepping out in faith.

One of the other things that stood out was, how we achieve greatness … we echoed the sentiments of the great 18th century French philosipher, Voltier … “Good is the enemy of Great.” In addressing this, Vini, mentioned that for us Christians, sometimes our biggest obstacle to achieving greatness is when we SETTLE for Good. This is where we apply our trust & reliance on God… are we striving for Greatness or are we just settling for good?

We eneded our staff retreat by watching that invigorating Clint Eastwood directod movie, starring Morgan Freeman & Matt Damon … Invictus. It truly depicted the heartbeat of a man who strived for greatness, & in what turned out to be one of the worlds greatest leaders.

As we parted, we left on a high note, to the beginning of a new year trusing the Lord and entering into greatness.

So once again, let us not settle for good, but instead strive for greatness in everything we do, knowing & trusting that God is our strength & reward.