Winging It

I don't know about you, but I just wing it for so many things in my life. I get the impression that people think that I am a detail oriented, planner. However, I am not. I have this life goal that steers my ship and all the other things are just heading in that direction, but I don't necessarily sit around planning it. My life goal is to race toward the Kingdom of God and have God say: Well done my good and faithful daughter.
I have spent years studying the Word and God has gifted me with the ability to teach on the fly and take everyday things and make them relevant. But, when asked about my parenting style or how I teach my kids I usually respond with I'm winging it.
I lead this Barnabus Tribe small group and I often approach it as I'm winging it. But, that's not entirely true. The truth is I wake up way earlier than I think is a reasonable hour. I study His Word, I spend time just sitting in His presence, and I pray. When I have random thoughts throughout the week, I write them down. So while I don't over prepare for my group, I'm learning that just winging it, is not really the correct way to word it.
I definitely approach meal prep this way. And frankly, I think my family is tired of it. I usually don't know what I'm making for supper until I am in the kitchen cooking. Now that doesn't mean that I haven't mentally detailed what items are in my frig throughout the day. But, I also don't make time to find new recipes and when I do find a recipe I make it several times until my family is tired of it and somehow it replaces my memory storage of where another recipe was stored.
I remember when I first started out on this blogging adventure I wrote a blog about how I had done some research about doing blogs but that I was just going to wing it. Well, after all these years of winging it and it really just being a hobby...I think it is time to do something about it. I have been looking at domain names. I am mentally preparing myself to use a hashtag for the 1st time! I have been told several times this year alone that I need to write a book. Honestly, that scares me. Frankly, my response is: who on earth would want to read my book? But maybe that is fear talking. I mean while I get great responses (on occasion) to my blog, I don't get shares or comments or even that many likes. I have just created an IG account and signed up for a writers conference. It is time to allow God to fan this flame and stop dong things halfway. I have been looking at this quote that a professor said at Bible college, it sits on my desk: "Don't ever expect God to reveal more of His will to you, if you're already not obeying His revealed will for our lives".
I say this to say that maybe my lackadaisical approach to things is not the best way. While I don't want to have rigid 5 year goals and 5 step plans. Maybe, having a more planned, INTENTIONAL, approach to where I feel God leading me, is not worldly but falls under being disciplined. And that is something that I want, I want to be intentional and disciplined.