It’s a blessing, former procrastinators, to have a father or a husband who parents with intention – who thinks about and deliberately works for the development of his family. I’m grateful my dad was one of those. Jobs can be so demanding that it’s difficult for dads to give the focus they’d like to give…
We are experts at fooling ourselves, former procrastinators. When it comes to our intentions, we are skilled at convincing ourselves we have noble or at least decent motives. Using justification, we sometimes pave the way to step where we ought not. Intention is involved in what we do that we know we shouldn’t. We want…
Especially when social decorum was stricter, former procrastinators, a father might ask a young man who was seeing his daughter, “What are your intentions?” The dad would want to know if the fellow was just out for a good time or if he was interested in marriage. Another question might be “Are your intentions honorable?” …
Once at a get-to-know-you event, former procrastinators, each of us was asked to name one word we thought described us. I wimped out with a hyphenated one: “Well-intentioned.” I look back at that now and think I just wimped out period. What was I thinking? Was I feeling discouraged about something? Did I want those…
Summertime, former procrastinators, sometimes opens the door to opportunities. During school and September – May work, it’s often challenging to fit in extras. Summer is not everybody’s slow season, however. Maybe your slower period is another time – if you have a slower time. But we all need a breathing period, so I encourage you…
We continue, former procrastinators, with brainstorming for summer ideas. If we wait until summer is here, that delay could render our expectations impossible to meet. Notice that most of these can be done with all ages and even if teens are at summer jobs. Be creative and flexible. Is there a project at church or…
Alas, former procrastinators, I tend to have ideas after the window of opportunity has passed. Or, I fail to realize more prep work is involved than I counted on, so I miss the window that way. Sometimes it’s necessary to say, “I’ll think about that later.” But make it soon. Putting off thinking about something…
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