Former procrastinators. I’m easily enticed away from my duties by entertainment. Not by Hollywood. Entertainment for me is anything that appeals and diverts me into a relaxed state that helps me ignore what I ought to do. It might be a chore I prefer, tv, book, magazine, or google search. Does FB or Pinterest do…
When I was a spring chicken, former procrastinators, I jogged in the early morning. (Picture that – a chicken jogging!) My mentor and several of us girls went to the track and did our laps. Another jogger was our pastor who offered me some pointers. He explained that I was swinging my arms from side…
While in the doldrums, former procrastinators, I wanted entertainment. Then I read a question that jerked me up: What are you paying attention to? And an admonition: Pay attention to what you are paying attention to. (Dr. Curt Thompson, author of Anatomy of the Soul. He asks this question; his applications are somewhat different than…
Oh, former procrastinators, lovely new creations in Christ, I need last month’s reminders about routine. I need them because I’ve been in the doldrums. Listless. Even a little despondent – in low spirits from loss of hope or courage – because of feeling overwhelmed. The doldrums is a period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression. Do…
(Here’s a refresh on routine while I take a month’s break. Thanks!) Maintaining routine, former procrastinators, can be a challenge – with big payoffs. Owning a car is a challenge with payoffs. It requires adding fuel, going in for regular maintenance, and tending to repairs. It takes time, effort, money. Still, most of us prefer…
(Here’s a refresh on routine while I take a month’s break. Thanks!) Do you identify with my friend, former procrastinators? She said, “My management style is to whack the alligator closest to the boat.” Love that! Hate that. What an apt description. We really don’t want it to describe us. So we’re changing! Not as…
(Here’s a refresh on routine, former procrastinators, while I take a month’s break. Thanks! ) Routine is a great way to help us do what needs doing when it needs doing. This week we tackle getting to work or school. Whether you and your family catch a bus, pile into a car, or commute to…
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