Is your plate too full, former procrastinators? Sometimes it’s just a time period; sometimes it’s a way of life. We don’t know what to focus on and what to let go – and we can’t do it all. Today’s proverbs offer help in that area. I wish I’d grasped them better, sooner because I messed…
As former procrastinators, one thing we’ve gotten better and better at doing is self-discipline. Diligence means we do things we don’t want to do or when we don’t want to do them. We “bring ourselves under,” as Paul wrote in order to win the prize in the race. It might mean getting up in time…
My dear friend Ana, former procrastinators, illustrates both of today’s proverbs well. When we were new moms, she’d ask people their counsel – about scripture, child training, meal planning. She wasn’t insecure; she genuinely wanted to learn. Forty years, six children and a boatload of grandchildren later, others have long been coming to her for…
“Let me think about it.” Is that your response, former procrastinators, when wise action is required? Today we look at several proverbs that warn us to separate ourselves from foolishness and danger. Will we act right away? “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways and…
What is wisdom, former procrastinators? It’s insight, judgement, the ability to see life from God’s point of view. To gain wisdom, we ask for it, we spend time with God in His Word, and we act on it when it is revealed to us (James 1:5-6, 21-25). “I love those who love me, those who…
Are you eager to give, former procrastinators, but question how? The generous giving the Lord develops in us results in good for someone else and in a deep joy for the giver. What a privilege to be part of God’s provision and blessing! We look at two sets of Proverbs that provide guidance. “Do not…
“Simple” is something we like, former procrastinators. We aspire to achieve “simple” in family function and schedules. Decorators tell how to achieve the clean lines of “simple.” Those are desirable. But there’s another “simple” that we must never be – the simple person who is easily influenced because she completely lacks understanding. She doesn’t get…
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