My Girlfriend Lisa

I have a friend whose birth name my mother swears is "my girlfriend Lisa" -- ma says this is the only way I refer to the woman.
So as not to buck a trend, she will heretofore be known as "my girlfriend Lisa".
She is my gab friend, my long-distance laugh and cry about our husbands and kids friend, my 'hey what did you get at Trader Joe's/Whole Foods friend.
She is my girlfriend.
This year she has also been my accountability partner.
We belong to a women's vision group of six female friends who come together to lay out our goals and visions for the year and for our lives.
It is a circle of trust and transparency in which we can count on each other for support in shaping our lives, dreams, and personal growth.
At the beginning of this year, we decided to pick personal accountability partners to sort of 'up the ante' of goal achievement.
My girlfriend Lisa is my partner.
Not only does she keep me on track, but it so happens we are on the same track in many areas of our lives.
It's amazing how God can use a person to be a mirror or to provide confirmation about something with which you are dealing.
During this Sunday's accountability conference (read that: weekly phone call) Lisa expressed how God had given her clarity about something she desired to Do/Be.
She says that He had orchestrated circumstances in such a way that she has 'no choice' but to Do.
This was not just clarification for Lisa, but fresh revelation for me.
When I look back at my vision board for 2008, there are things laid out in Big, Bold letters -- this is where I ' wrote the vision and made it plain'.
But laying it out is only the beginning.
What was clear for Lisa was just as clear for me -- yes, the journey of a thousand steps begins with the first one -- but it doesn't end there!
We are called to keep on moving -- 'to run with it'.
So what vision do you have for which you need to take action?
As I look at my various goals I can recount various small achievements here and there -- even some medium to large if I look closely enough and grade on a curve.
But there are some for which I know I must move daringly and faithfully forward.
God is leaving no doubt about that.
He is saying -- as He will to all of us at one time or another -- that prep time is over.
It is time to Do and Be!
Are you ready to run?
My girlfriend Lisa is -- Run! Girl! Run!