Dis-Appointments

It was a great day of riding motorcycles with friends,
we rode hard and sprayed dirt at many big jumps, turns and bends
the day all was done loaded up and headed for home
it hit me - a room full of people
with nothing to do and alone
upset and returning
"I hadn’t even checked my phone"

Appointments we make them everyday
Getting the most done
In the most efficient way
Tho they take hard work and effort
All areas of life calendar full and marked down
Be sure to check it …
Or you will look like a fool on a motorcycle
Making loud flatulent sounds

Definition
Attempt a making certain that you get to people, places, destinations, meetings, items, purchases
That you need, when you need, scheduling

We make them so
· We might get a good deal time and price
· We make em early to get in
· To make certain it gets done
· Get more done with less distractions – more efficient
· Keep from overbooking
· Make sure others show up

However many times
· You don’t get what you think
· Trying to make them you can’t get thru
· Trying to make them you have to sit thru phone tree
· Online, newspaper, etc… isn’t the same as really what is
· Even tho marked down if you don’t look at calendar you can still miss

Not making them
· Things/people/opportunities do not get done
· Things/people/opportunities are forgotten
· Things/people/opportunities we miss out on

To Make an Appointment
· Hard work and effort
· Tenacity
· Takes time
· Takes planning
· Sometimes takes several tries

To Miss and Appointment
· Embarrassing
· Don’t like to cancel and harder to reschedule and looks like you don’t care
· Want to be known for character, care, and integrity
· End up writing stupid little poems on a blog

Appointments for every area of life
· Work
o Meetings
o Calls
o Things to do
· Family
o Family nites reserve to protect them
o Devo – if not reserved don’t get done
o Church times
o Date nites with wife and or daughter
o Conversations – plans, budget, how we doing, nites out
o Vacations
· Health and Activities
o Work outs
o Practice
o Goals
· Spiritual
o Bible Study/Reading/Memory Time
o Prayer Time
o Refection – be still and know time – goals, dreams, plans
o Other Spiritual Disciplines
o Corporate Worship
o Sharing your faith
o Ministries and Missions
o God wants to spend time with us

Don’t be a clanging gong or a noisy cymbal