Commitment

“There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” -Unknown

I love looking for good quotes when a topic is floating around in my head. The above quote, although unknown who said it, is pretty amazing. If you commit to something you live it out. You give your all and accept nothing but results. You are not half in and half out. It's a whole-hearted kind of lifestyle.

This week I had to have a special mandatory meeting with my leadership team at BHS Campus Life. There seemed to be a lack of commitment to the leadership team both from my student leaders and my adult volunteers. Our meeting prior had a total of 5 of us there, that includes me. You probably are asking is 5 bad? Well, compare that to the fact that our total team is 17, 5 is not even a third in attendance.

I hate to lay down the law however we had to address the issue of commitment. Being on leadership takes a heart and passion for the mission and purpose behind Campus Life. You can not be on leadership and only attend our meetings or participate when it is convenient to you. So, we had the meeting and all but two of the seventeen made the meeting. It was hard but we wrestled through the discussion. I was pleased to see most of the student leaders doing the talking. We defined what it means to be a committed leader and I requested they sign the leadership covenant. I purposely don't have them sign this at the start of the school year because I lay out the expectations and hope that I can trust the fact that I don't need a written signature to hold them to something. Well, every year in November/December we have to pull out the document, review, and sign it. This time I let the students decide if they wanted to sign it then or take it with them and pray about the commitment of leadership. I told them to take a week to pray if they wanted to and to weigh out the possible options. Surprisingly I had about four or so students not return the covenant to me that night. I realized that there is more than just one or two who are on the fence about leadership. This is fine, I really do want them to seek out God in their decision. We will see what the final decision is that these students make. It's meetings like these that make me realize how much stuff our students are involed with these days, so many activities outside of regular school attendance.

With the talks of commitment I also had to evaluate my personal life. I have recently been weighing back and forth on my calling to stay at YFC or to possibly depart. It seems like the more and more I process things the more and more I feel as if YFC is my home. I feel like it is where I need to be for this time in my life. I am really trying to be content in where I am at, knowing God is in control. It is up to me to commit to the ministry of YFC because without commitment I settle for less than results.