Remember Christmas pageants, former procrastinators? Children in their bathrobe and bed sheet costumes, the straw, the walking cane staffs. Everything led to the manger. The spotlight was always on Jesus. We know that’s the way it should be. There are so many enjoyable possibilities for the holidays, as adults it’s easy to put off quiet…
Former procrastinators – now diligent women – I hope your Thanksgiving was a time of genuine praise to God and enjoyment of His blessings. As I look back over our good time with family and friends, I notice things I especially enjoyed – and important things I should learn from so that Christmas is a…
Former procrastinators, rejoice and give thanks! “We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.” Psalm 75:1-2 HE is near. He is working wondrous changes in us as He moves us from procrastination to diligence. By His grace we are becoming women who do…
Last year, former procrastinators, there were 25 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year there are 30. Yea! Just for us! Jump back – think again. “Ponder the path of your feet and let your ways be established.” Proverbs 4:26. In this busy, festive season it’s easy for our feet to run in circles cramming…
He Is Risen! Our Loving God is Mighty! Holy! Good! Jesus Christ is Lord! Because He is risen, we can be former procrastinators. Jesus was fully God and fully man. While He lived on earth as a man, Jesus had a human frame. That means He, too, needed rest as did His disciples. “Come aside…
Though I’m inclined toward procrastination, I find it hard to put off serious thinking at Christmas. Thoughts of missing my family crowd into the forefront. Christmas creates longing. We see it in the characters in old classics and in new movies churned out to maximize the appeal of the season. What’s everybody longing for? Family,…
As a daughter, sister, wife, and mom with a bent toward procrastination, I think of what my family has put up with over the years. Though I didn’t intend it, my bent made me a “carrier” of misery. Through my habit I inflicted pain and aggravation on my family. We often call Christmas a “family…
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