Hello, former procrastinators! I’m glad to be back with you. I apologize for computer difficulties and not getting comments up in a timely manner. Thank you for praying for our move; we’re more settled every day. I hope your summer’s going well, and you’re enjoying some rest and refreshment. Happy Fourth of July! Our…
He is risen, former procrastinators! We celebrate the living Jesus Christ! By sacrificing Himself for us, He reconciled us to the Holy Father. Then by rising from the grave, He defeated death and secured our souls for eternity. Yet, what do I think of Christ? Let’s look again at this poem by John Newton. It…
Merry Christmas, former procrastinators! Let joyous carols ring! Praise God for keeping His promise and sending His Son to make us right with Him. Our Savior here at last! What glad rejoicing! We also praise Him because we have the privilege of knowing there’s more ahead. The Christmas story is beautiful. Yet If our understanding…
Some people like to give gifts, former procrastinators. I’m married to one and I appreciate that. Christmas is a special time for these folks to exercise their bents and bring joy to others. Some of us struggle because we feel we lack ideas or a sense of what’s appropriate. So we put off deciding what…
In 2020, former procrastinators, our theme has been “Follow Close.” We didn’t know we’d be so close to home, so close to the folks at home, or so close to getting cabin fever! But with or without a pandemic, we have daily made choices to follow Jesus closely or not. When we didn’t stay up…
Once, former procrastinators, I sat in a hotel nook in the quiet of early morning in Portugal. Enormous windows looked out over a green valley. From my high perch, I watched a man working in his garden, pushing a cart from place to place. He looked almost like an ant to me, and I wondered…
Do ants celebrate, former procrastinators? Maybe they have teeny tiny parties. They do go to picnics. I think of ants being “steady on” – little step by little step persevering in what they need to do. That’s how I want to behave during holiday preparations. Picture ant number one with an itty bitty pilgrim hat….
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