View from the Summit

This is the second part of two guest posts by David Krueger, M.D. David is a writer, an Executive Mentor Coach and a former Psychoanalyst. He lives in Houston. Find out more at David's website, and Facebook Page. You can also follow him on Twitter and connect in LinkedIn.

Money can solve many problems, or at least make them easier. A very successful businessman once told me, “I’ve never seen a problem that money has made worse.” With the exception of drug addiction, he probably has a point.

This is the first part of two guest posts by David Krueger, M.D. David is a writer, an Executive Mentor Coach and a former Psychoanalyst. He lives in Houston. Find out more at David's website, Facebook Page. You can also follow him on Twitter and connect in LinkedIn.

You're writing a story that you may not know how to fully tell. It's a very personal story with its own history and language. It's highly visible to others, but often not to you. As Loren Eiseley observed in The Unexpected Universe, "Reality has a way of hiding from even its most gifted observers."

It's a story that you talk about every day, think about several times a day. It is remarkably simple yet intricately complex. This story has an internal and external dialogue, a secret language, and encrypted messages.

 Here's another "top 5" list to help kick your week off right. Enjoy!

1. Don't try to do it all today.
2. Start today, usually tomorrow never happens.
3. Eat the ugliest frog first. 
4. Get a general consensus from a trusted few because we have blind spots.
5. Trust your spouse on many things because they know you better than anyone. She has a 6th sense that you don't have.

REASON 1: As a Christ follower first and foremost, you have to know Him personally and realize His divine authority over all creation.

You cannot grow alone when the supreme heavenly father has a unique plan for your life.

God reveals our life incrementally as we follow him on a daily basis and cultivate our faith. God orders our steps as we diligently search his will. Other Christians are a great source of strength and wisdom and the Bible clearly tells us to forsake not the assembling of the saints.

Corporate worship is a God directed plan that helps us spiritually mature and allows for interaction with other believers. During immense study and prayer our true motives are revealed and hopefully humility is exercised.

Realizing we are simply stewards over what God has entrusted in us will cause extreme care in the way we prepare to handle our resources. Being aware of Gods grace and compassion will create in us a desire to honor our fellow man in a way that we want to be treated.