Welcome and Brief Introduction

Welcome to The Masterpiece Mindset podcast. A program designed to help you develop the mindset, overcome the obstacles, and take the actions needed to live the life you were created to live.

I am Meredith Griffin, your host, and I am glad to have the opportunity to share with you here on The Masterpiece Mindset. This is Episode 0, our introductory episode.

In this episode I will answer what are the most important questions for you, a new listener to this this new podcast. So let’s get started.

1. Why should I listen to The Masterpiece Mindset?

In my years working as a pastor, teacher, spiritual director, and coach, the problem almost every person I've encountered has wrestled with is life drift. Life drift is the result of being unsure what your life is about...in essence, why you are here. Life drift can also occur when you're sure of your purpose, but unsure of how to intentionally live it out. The fruit of life drift shows up in the spiritual, personal, and professional areas of our lives. Maybe in shows up on your job or in your business. Maybe it shows up in your roles as spouse, parent, or friend. Maybe it shows up in your physical or emotional health. Maybe it shows up in your finances. Or maybe it shows up in your relationship with God.

The second most prevalent issue is inertia due to fear or lack of knowledge. You know what you want to do, but you're either afraid to get started, or don’t know how to get started. Internal or external obstacles seem to be preventing your launch of the new business, writing the book, or growth of a relationship.

The Masterpiece Mindset is a podcast designed to help you overcome these obstacles with practical guidance, information, and interviews with people who have been successful navigating the issues that may now stand in your way.

This podcast isn’t just another self-help/personal development podcast. I have for nearly 3 decades as a husband, father, pastor, teacher, community leader, and coach. During those years I have helped men, women, and couples overcome the very issues I mentioned, to live the lives God created them to live. A masterpiece life. This podcast uses those experiences, and more importantly, that Christian worldview as its foundation. To me, foundational to living this masterpiece life is something I call, not surprisingly, The Masterpiece Mindset.

2. What is The Masterpiece Life?

The essence of the masterpiece mindset, and the life it leads to can be summed up by reading Ephesians 2:10 (NLT). There Paul says, "For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." Simply put, “The Masterpiece Mindset" means recognizing that you were created in the image of God on purpose, with purpose, and for a purpose. To live your masterpiece life is to pursue your unique, God-given calling in the world. To live a masterpiece life is to ensure that all aspects of your life are aligned with your purpose and being used to glorify God. The Masterpiece Mindset is a requisite for living a masterpiece life.

To me, nothing symbolizes the essence of a masterpiece life better than an acorn. In fact, I carry a wooden acorn in my pocket each day as a tangible reminder of my call to live a masterpiece life. For me, acorns represent the exponential potential in each of us. One acorn has the potential to become an oak tree that bears the fruit of other acorns. Think about that for a moment. Inside of one acorn is the potential for innumerable acorns, a literal forest of oak trees. Like the potential that exists in the acorn to produce, we too have the same potential. God, when he sees the acorn, doesn't see the single acorn but the fruit it will produce. When God sees us, he also sees the fruit (the Masterpiece life) we will produce. So the acorn becomes the reminder for us to live the Masterpiece within each of us.

3. Who is the audience?

So my audience is people who want to live in, and stay on track within, their purpose. They are people who have strayed from their purpose because they've conflated it with a position or job. They are people of faith who want to clarity on how to live lives that honor God and fulfill his purpose in them. They are people who want to overcome fear. Fear of trying something different in order to advance their life in God's purpose. 

The audience for this podcast are people who need encouragement and information to help them overcome fear, uncertainty, and inertia. I won't be preaching, but I will be looking to set people free. Free from the bondage of the mental trash that is in their heads. The same mental trash that has placed shackles on their hearts. I want different. I know that others want different as well. 

4. How frequently will new episodes be posted?

A new episode of The Masterpiece Mindset will debut each week.

So that’s it for Episode 0. Thank you for listening. Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, and share this podcast with your friends, family, and those you care about. You won’t want to miss a single episode. In next week’s episode, we will unpack the notion behind having a Masterpiece Mindset, and why it is so important to a masterpiece life. Stay blessed, keep pressing toward the mark, and remember…the first step to living a masterpiece life, is developing a masterpiece mindset.