Lofty Goals

As those of you who were there last Sunday know, I've challenged us as a congregation to shoot for some pretty lofty goals this year:

• To read through the entire Bible this year (See www.thornydalechurch.org for a link to the reading schedule)
• To memorize the Book of Ephesians as I preach through that book.

I've had several people comment about the fact that those are some pretty high expectations. And they're right! But as Michaelangelo said:

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

In other words, if we don't set any goals we'll reach them, but what good is that? But if we set some lofty goals and get only part way there, we'll certainly be better off.

That great philosopher Yogi Berra put it like this:

You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

You've gotta love Yogi. In this case I think he hit the nail right on the head. So I'm looking forward to the journey together this year. Let's see just how close we can come to meeting those goals!