CCLP/Brian Wang

            One of the projects that Link Year assigned right at the beginning of the program was the CCLP, which stands for the Christ Centered Life Plan. It was a project that we spent several hours working on and thinking about. We wrote about how we would want to be remembered when our life was over. How we would want specific individuals or groups to remember us. The first was how we wanted God to look at our life. The others were our choice of who we wanted to represent. Most of us chose to write how we wanted our parents to remember us, our kids (when we have them) or future spouse, co workers..ect. The purpose of this is to make a plan for how we will be remembered that way. It is not something that will happen by accident. So we made “accounts” which are the priorities that need to be in place for us to achieve our goals. By making “deposits” in those accounts we add value to each of them. For example some of my accounts were. God, Family, Friends, Finances, Giving/Service. So I supported each priority with a Bible verse and then put tangible steps to build value in those “accounts” by doing this at the beginning of the program we can practice good habits or putting these as true priorities.

            Brian Wang talked to us about taking time to really think about the direction of our life. To go somewhere put away the cell phone and be alone with God and really give yourself time to think about our priorities. The Bible verse he gave use was Proverbs 16:9 “ The heart of a man plans his way, but The Lord establishes his steps. While our plans will not always go as we planned them it is clear that God asks us to make a plan. Don Ford talked to us about making plans and he said “ Failing to plan is planning to fail.”