A Tangible Reminder
by Mary Byers
Last year I read Me, Myself, & Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables
by Phil Vischer, creator of the Veggie Tales video series. I was
interested because my children grew up on Veggie Tales. But I was also
interested because somewhere along the way I noticed Phil Vischer was
no longer with Big Idea, the company he founded. I knew there must be a
story there, so I picked up the book.
Though millions of
children can sing the Veggie Tales theme song, Big Idea no longer
exists. After expanding too quickly, the company was forced into
bankruptcy. Vischer writes about the experience in his book, which is
part memoir and part business tutorial. And it's a touching example of
how one man encountered grit and allowed it to be turned into grace.
At
the end of the book, Vischer outlines the lessons he learned from the
rise and fall of Big Idea. In part, he shares, "I was ready to be done,
if that's what God wanted. To just rest in him and let everything else
fall away. At long last, after a lifetime of striving, God was enough.
Not God and impact or God and ministry. Just God."
His words
convicted me. As an author and speaker, I realized that I'm often more
focused on my deadlines or my next speaking engagement than I am on
God. I have it backwards. God first, then everything else will fall
into place.
It's a powerful
message for us as women, too. When we focus on God first, we'll have
everything we need to handle whatever is happening in our families and
our lives. As Vischer reminds us, God is enough. As we approach
Christmas, I'm reminded that this is the time when God shared his Son
with us-a tangible reminder of his love for us. And a reminder that
when we have him, we have everything we need.
Mary
Byers is the author of Making Work at Home Work: Successfully Growing a
Business and a Family Under One Roof. She offers advice and
encouragement for moms work from home for profit at www.makingworkathomework.com.
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