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"events, dear boy, events"
My first hour at CSM this week was occupied by a meeting with Jay Hart Román, Andy Flannagan and Rt. Hon. Alun Michael, MP for Cardiff South and Penarth and Chair of CSM. The meeting threw me right in at the deep end, with intense conversation about costing, funds, and the upcoming conference among other things.
Alun is a straight-talking, focused individual who described his role in CSM as one where other people come up with the ideas while he has to ask the question "What if...?". Alun also quoted Harold MacMillan's famous phrase, "events, dear boy, events" as he explained that in his role he had to look ahead and anticipate events. He said he wanted to see CSM become more focussed, smaller and targetted, in order to release the energy of others.
In 1 Chronicles 28:19 David says "All this I have in writing from the hand of the Lord upon me, and he gave me understanding in all the details of the plan". For me, this verse and it's preceding verses about the plans David was giving Solomon for the portico of the Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant, highlight what a practical-thinking, detail loving nature our God has. Our God is a practical God, which is demonstrated throughout the Bible and in our daily lives. God has an amazing plan, the practical details of which he has already planned out meticulously, we just need to pray and trust that he will give us "understanding in all the details of the plan".
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Grace Vanstone-Hallam, 20/07/2009 |
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