Devotional Thought from Retreat - Nov 2008

Josephine entertained and challenged the retreat participants with a worship service and sermon from Luke 10:38-42. The question asked repeatedly was “How urgent is it?” Ch Pinkney introduced new meanings to old AF acronyms that we could all find useful.

SOW: Statement of Wisdom (Using wisdom to care for oneself)
UCC: United Control Center (bringing others for healing and renewal)
ORI: Open Regarding Injury (Willing to talk about your hurts in the Chaplain Corps)
POC: Prayer of Confession (Trusting others and willing to share personal information)
CC: Call of Commitment (Committed to encouraging one (1) person to attend conference next year)

We need to be about caring for ourselves and each other. We need to be about claiming our joys and hurts within the Chaplain Corps. We need to be about getting and keeping our priorities right. We need to always ask the question, “How urgent is it anyway?”