What this is all about

I've been working on Tabitha's mission statement for quite some time now. Mulling it over, praying about it, thinking it through, comparing/contrasting it with other mission statements, and I think that I like where it's landed: Tabitha's mission is to mobilize creativity to obey Christ's command to love the least of these.

From there, I made a few core values that fall in line with this mission statement:

Tabitha believes...
- that God has a heart for the hurting.
   (Amos 2:6-7; Matthew 8:1-4; 9:1-8, 18-34)
- that God has called his people to respond to this hurting.
   (Proverbs 21:13; Matthew 25:34-40)
- in the value of art and creativity.
   (Exodus 31:1-11; building of the temple in 2 Chronicles and 1 Kings)
- in mobilizing art and creativity.
    (Exodus 31:1-11)
- in inspiring people to live life with creativity and philanthropy.
    (Matthew 25:34-40)
- in the importance of quality work.
    (Colossians 3:23-24)
- in helpful and timely customer service.
    (Colossians 3:23-24; Ephesians 4:29, 32a)

Lately, I've been reading E-Myth Revisited, a book on how to grow your business. I've been doing it as a part of Rebecca Smith's online mentoring group and it's been crazy helpful. Michael Gerber discusses the importance of working on your business, rather than just in your business. I'm learning that I can control the direction of my business and to be prepared ahead of time. It's also teaching me to not let my business control me, but me control my business, a life lesson I'm also learning for other things going on right now.

This mission statement and subsequent core values make me so excited. They give me purpose, vision and joy in my business. This is what Tabitha is all about, so all of my decisions and even products can funnel through this mission and these core values.

I've also heard a lot of people creating life mission statements, which I really respect. This post from A Harvest of Blessing was really inspiring to me, but I'm honestly too afraid to sit down to write something that definitively. Maybe I'm afraid that it would take too much time or I would overanalyze it. Who knows - maybe I'll get to it someday. Has anyone ever written down their life or business mission statements?