Happy New Year, former procrastinators! Be refreshed and encouraged. One way to do that is to review our last year’s methods and results so we go forward more wisely. Military pilots debrief their missions. They evaluate themselves but they also get evaluations from others around the table who review what was right, what went wrong,…
When you wake up each morning, former procrastinators, what’s the first thing you see? When you go to bed at night, what’s the last thing you see? Your bedroom. That place that you’d like to be a haven of rest, a quiet retreat. Is it? If not, what’s disturbing the peace? Perspective: God designed us…
If we were sailors onboard a ship, former procrastinators, we might hear the command, “Clear the decks!” That’s prepare for action by removing anything that might hinder progress. Maybe there’s a suspicious ship on the horizon, maybe rough seas. We’d move any excess gear out of the way so we and the decks would be…
Recognizing clutter, former procrastinators, is key to getting rid of it. We become accustomed to having it around so we don’t call it by name. We work around it, shove it over, give it time, energy – life. Perspective: I’ve found great help in recognizing clutter by reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and Spark Joy…
October, former procrastinators, is Clean Out Clutter month. We’ll focus on making space in our homes and lives – space that welcomes God and His purposes giving Him freer rein in both places. Sometimes I feel like I’m choking when I consider the amount of stuff in our home. I gotta fight back! Sometimes I’m…
Does the name Stretch Armstrong ring a bell with any of you former procrastinators? Stretch came to our house as a gift to our son. He was a muscular looking figure about 15 inches high, blond, tan and had a big grin on his face. His arms extended straight out to each side. Stretch had…
Do you ever feel frustrated, former procrastinators, because daily survival overcomes all else and you never get to the other things you sense the Lord prompting you to do? I do, and it makes me feel sad and guilty. Want to sing in a choir? Take sailing lessons? Go overseas with a mission organization? These…
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