tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954104.post8076382270851450354..comments2008-12-30T09:32:07.971-05:00Mark Battersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13267276119212157460noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954104.post-26950605500500141432008-12-30T09:32:00.000-05:002008-12-30T09:32:00.000-05:00Mark<BR/>Just wanted to say a big thanks for the way your "Wild Goose" book has really blessed a close friend of mine this holiday season. I've just ordered the book myself and look forward to reading it. But I wanted to say thanks, kind of a Phil 1:3-6 thing!<BR/>God Bless<BR/>Dug Hampton<BR/>BlacksburgDug Hamptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05471311348844974489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954104.post-25590620507131810542008-12-29T08:57:00.000-05:002008-12-29T08:57:00.000-05:00Pastor Mark, Great blog. I've always been goal-focused, and now ever since "Bucket List" I've made my own bucket list of things I want to do before I "kick the bucket" (even though there's no current life-ending diagnosis motivating the list). I find the bucket list concept a good way to focus my goals on the big picture. "What do I want to do with my life before it is over?"Doc. K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03335748073172572595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954104.post-33991866114027162622008-12-28T13:28:00.000-05:002008-12-28T13:28:00.000-05:00Great post Mark. I just taught your 10 Steps to Setting Life Goals lesson today at church. It was well received.johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04165713960421339321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954104.post-86247274913103221042008-12-28T12:12:00.000-05:002008-12-28T12:12:00.000-05:00I think that God was letting me know this same thing today. I woke up with the quote "If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always gotten" then I read your blog and there it is.....<BR/><BR/>I think the Wild Goose is leading me somewhere.......Better get chasing it!Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247583400124041552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954104.post-45411622897272334872008-12-28T09:57:00.000-05:002008-12-28T09:57:00.000-05:00great blog, as always... one of my daily reads. i would also add evaluating what we need to remember and what we need to forget. it we seems we have the frustrating capacity to flip flop those and remember the things we should be forgetting and forgetting to greatness of God we ought remember. grace and peace be with you in 2009.Gabe Leadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09671082729687099140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954104.post-65036847547504772792008-12-28T09:40:00.000-05:002008-12-28T09:40:00.000-05:00As I am finishing Wild Goose Chase, I am in the middle of a wild goose chase of my own. My new wife and I will be moving across the country to help plant a church in North Carolina. My resolutions this new year are to be faithful to the call God has placed on our lives, step through open doors, and not try to pry doors open that God has not opened.Sam Mahlstadthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010028054030522683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954104.post-4120757960854689352008-12-28T08:50:00.000-05:002008-12-28T08:50:00.000-05:00Brandon,<BR/><BR/>Love it. Glad the book was a blessing :) <BR/><BR/>Great idea. I've looked into some different goal programs. Might try to do that in facebook. I have a partial list, but not completed yet. It's a pretty cool feeling to check one off :) Love putting dates next to fulfilled goals. <BR/><BR/>MarkMark Battersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13267276119212157460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954104.post-25161343618814008582008-12-28T08:27:00.000-05:002008-12-28T08:27:00.000-05:00Mark,<BR/><BR/>A few comments. First off, I just finished reading Wild Goose Chase (book #28 on my goal of reading 24 this year) this weekend and was extremely blessed by it. Great follow-up to In a Pit with a Lion! Keep sharing what the Wild Goose has laid on your heart!<BR/><BR/>Second, as you can tell, I'm also a big goal guy and am working today to flesh out my 2009 goals. I think it's a big encouragement to share goals with each other. I came up with my first set of life goals when I was 14, but misplaced it somewhere in the last 13 years. :) Hopefully some day I'll find that original list in a box - it would be fun to look back at my first attempt to look forward.<BR/><BR/>Finally, quick question - ever thought about updating your 100 Life Goals and letting us know which ones you've crossed off? Thanks! <BR/><BR/>Happy New Year!<BR/><BR/>Brandon Schall<BR/>Roanoke, INB Schallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980640716482025952noreply@blogger.com