Complete Reset?
My prayer journal entry from Tuesday, March 9th 2021
Inching closer to April (2021)…
[Added notes and elaboration are italicized…]
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 4:33p NS4L Office
Jesus,
I sat down and talked to [leadership team member] today about the near future. He is such a loyal guy. I know he is ready for the next chapter too and is ready to stop driving back and forth from Jacksonville. I told him I’m ok with the end of next week being his last week and I’d pay him through March. I also told him that if the property sold I would still give him a small bonus.
[New Scooters 4 Less had two other people besides me in leadership roles. As I had said before, I had really stepped aside to focus on the media company in late 2018-2019, but the circumstances related to financial decline and COVID pulled me back in. This team member was loyal and always wanted what was best for the team. He was willing to stay through to the end (through whatever that would end up looking like). I know he was ready to move on to the next chapter and I remember telling him that he didn’t have to stay until the end… I told him that one of the most supportive things he could do was leave the company, because it would alleviate some financial pressure on the business. He was ready and the business was in need. I’m grateful for his years of service to New Scooters 4 Less.]
As I inch closer to complete freedom [I read this now and think, “complete freedom is found only in Christ and nothing else”] and not being dependent on anyone but you Jesus, I told him I would like to buy him out of Repaint [our media company] as well. Just seems to make sense from a “complete reset” standpoint but I’m sure you will steer me back if I’m wrong.
[The same team member owned 10% of our media company Repaint The Wall. The company wasn’t “active” at this point anyway and it seemed like an appropriate time to break the “business ties.” When we founded the company, I wanted to go build Repaint and have him run New Scooters 4 Less. I wanted this 10% ownership in Repaint to be an extra benefit for taking care of New Scooters 4 Less. Though my intentions were in the right place, I should have set up this structure differently.]
After long discussions with [a previous team member], phasing NS4L into the service building and renting the showroom and warehouse may be a solid “plan C.” I like having a plan, a “if this, then that” mentality so I continue to pray your blessing over all of it and pray that your will be done. I’m ok with whatever direction you deem best.
[As time went on and we continued to process the various options. One thought was “downsizing” to keep the business alive, use less space so we could rent out one or two of the other buildings on the property, and make the overall scooter shop “easier to manage.”]
If it is your will, my desire would be to (once again) receive a generous offer on the property, sell and close quickly, pay off these ongoing liabilities, achieve financial freedom, and steward and prepare for whatever you have for me next. [I wanted out.]
[A good friend] stopped by today and planted this seed of remembering that selling the property is not my salvation, YOU are my salvation. That’s why I give it all to you and will do what you want me to do. I may not have been ready to steward that money the first time the property offer came in, but I do believe I am ready this time LORD.
[The Lord gave us the opportunity to purchase the scooter shop’s commercial property in 2017. In 2019, we had the opportunity to sell it and make a huge return. Though I wasn’t seeking to sell the property during that time, the offer couldn’t be ignored. It didn’t work out and I believe that one of the reasons may have been because I wasn’t ready to steward that much money on behalf of the Lord.]
I believe I have sowed my seeds. I will not let my hands be idle, for I do not know what your plan is yet. I’m excited to watch it unfold. Bless my friends, my team, my amazing family. Bless tonight’s podcast recordings. I love you.
Collin
Today’s final thoughts…
Seasons are good. Change is inevitable. Losing one of the leaders in our business was difficult, but it was also healthy. I’ll look back with great memories of this person’s time with New Scooter 4 Less. I also look back knowing that God’s timing is perfect.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
Be sure you aren’t depending on anything other than Jesus for your salvation.
LORD, I just pray for anyone that reads this. I pray that you would make your presence known during their time of need. I pray that you would chase them and remind them that you love them and are always there for them. You are an abundant God. Thank you for your sacrifice on that cross so that we may spend eternity with you, Jesus. Amen.
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