You’ve heard, former procrastinators, that not forgiving someone is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. It’s a festering sore that infects our thoughts, actions, and interactions with that person and others. It’s a lead weight that drags us down even though we intend to communicate we’re fine. Most of all it…
As a grumpy child, former procrastinators, did you ever hiss to your sibling, “I’m sooorrrry”? Or have you heard or said, “I’m sorry if I offended you”? Heart issues are probably the heaviest and most interfering of our weights. Therefore, the first weight we’ll lay aside is unforgiveness. We’ll both ask for forgiveness and give…
Yahoo, former procrastinators! We’re free of the bondage that says diligence is constant work, does everything, and requires perfection. The ant’s example of diligence boils down to Do What Needs Doing When It Needs Doing. DWNDWIND. That looks like “downwind” which makes me think of the Holy Spirit’s moving. When I’m downwind of a breeze,…
One time, former procrastinators, I baked a red velvet cake that fell apart in chunks. It was for Bible study that night. I made myself dump the cake in a bowl, and next to it I set a bowl of cream cheese frosting. “We’re having Red Velvet Crumble for dessert. Dollop your crumble with icing.” …
Have you laid in bed, former procrastinators, after a heavy meal and felt uncomfortable? “Oh, I’m stuffed. I shouldn’t have eaten so much.” The need to rest, changing your position, brings home the fact that you took too many bites of that yummy casserole, homemade bread, and gooey dessert. You know you’ll pay tomorrow too. …
Just think, former procrastinators. Thinking takes time so it’s easy to put off. Sometimes we don’t want to grapple with a thought that keeps niggling at our minds, so we keep ourselves too busy to think. Thinking through an issue is item number three we’re tackling this month – a third way we can enjoy…
Thinking through what to do in case of emergency, former procrastinators, is one thing we prefer not to deal with but helps equip us when we do. Thinking ahead enables us to think more clearly if or when emergency times come. General Dwight Eisenhower said, “Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” (He credited an…
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
. . . you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Colossians 3:9-10