Hope you enjoyed a happy Mother’s Day, former procrastinators. May the Lord bless each of you with a memory or lesson to cherish and to pass on. My mom helped other people enjoy life. She recognized windows of opportunity to do that and stepped through them. How long will your daughter want to play with…
Happy Resurrection Sunday! As former procrastinators, we know our victory is the holy work of Jesus Christ. He has forgiven us – and continues to forgive when we goof. His Holy Spirit fills and empowers us to live in newness of life – redeemed, changing, filled with purpose, peace, joy. All of this is ours…
Merry Christmas, former procrastinators! May you enjoy a rich time in His presence as you celebrate. Enjoy your greatest gift. A friend was driving the car one day when she suddenly recognized what Jesus had done for her. She said, “I realized, ‘I don’t have to try anymore! He’s done it for me!’” She felt…
How many times, former procrastinators, have you driven too fast to a Christmas worship event, hurried in late, tried to unobtrusively take a seat, tried to feel calm when your body is seated but your insides are hopping up and down stirring, wrapping, and arranging? That’s me, naturally. Sometimes my thoughts have even been, “Let’s…
We might call the holiday season, former procrastinators, a marathon, not a sprint. We need to pace ourselves so we’ll have the energy to do what we need to do throughout the season – and so we’ll have the mental, emotional, and spiritual resources to enter into the celebration. Since we are observing the birth…
As we deck the halls, former procrastinators, let’s think through our approach to celebrating Christmas. Our December theme is Celebrate with Margin. Margin is a stress buster – and we need a lot of that this month. During the holidays, procrastination-prone folks tend to put off what needs doing, then rush to cram it in. …
Fellow former procrastinators, you make me happy and grateful. We’re friends traveling a road we sometimes want to be on and sometimes do not. We want to be different from our natural bent of procrastination, but we don’t relish the process of change. Still we find submission to God’s change in us very rewarding. We…
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