Happy New Year, former procrastinators! May the Lord bless you with encouragement, a diligent spirit, and healthy fruit in 2021! We’ve all seen – or been – that woman in the airport hurrying to the gate while wearing a backpack, pulling a bag, hitching up a purse, juggling a coat, and gripping a coffee. Making…
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…
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….
Moving back from overseas, former procrastinators, we left suitcases in the hotel storage room – which flooded in our absence. Weeks later, we returned to find all our clothes had turned pink and green and fuzzy. Yuk. At least we were innocent that time. Now we are dealing with mildew for which we are responsible,…
Don’t you love it, former procrastinators, when somebody else talks on a subject dear to your heart? We recently heard a sermon on the ant in Proverbs 6. The Lord used this ant to wake me up about procrastination – hence, the ant that appears on this site. First, however, we vote this week. We…
Months ago, former procrastinators, my friend referred to her “Covid 15.” I’m not making light of the illness. I’m confessing I, too, gained weight in the early months. Not only that, I stopped walking and strength training. Bad combo. It was so easy not to pay attention. I shared the meal approach that’s helping at…
When my dad, former procrastinators, was 90, ill, and housebound, I urged him to save energy by staying in his robe and slippers. He refused. “Dressing is a discipline just like anything else.” Now I’m taking his words to heart in a new way. In January I determined to stay home more in order to…
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