While in the doldrums, former procrastinators, I wanted entertainment. Then I read a question that jerked me up: What are you paying attention to? And an admonition: Pay attention to what you are paying attention to. (Dr. Curt Thompson, author of Anatomy of the Soul. He asks this question; his applications are somewhat different than…
Oh, former procrastinators, lovely new creations in Christ, I need last month’s reminders about routine. I need them because I’ve been in the doldrums. Listless. Even a little despondent – in low spirits from loss of hope or courage – because of feeling overwhelmed. The doldrums is a period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression. Do…
Our daughter, former procrastinators, told me “When I have kids, forget toys. I’m just giving ‘em cardboard boxes.” She knows how much fun she had playing with those. The crowning occasion was when we rounded up refrigerator and washing machine boxes from stores to add to our leftover moving boxes. The kids had a grand…
As former procrastinators, we should be filled with joy. Hallelujah! More and more often we do what needs doing when it needs doing. We have happy benefits. Sometimes we put off joy – “I don’t have time to be cheerful. I have to concentrate on this task.” We act as if joy is a heavy…
Speaking of joy, former procrastinators, let’s admit procrastination is a joy stealer. In the moment we choose to delay, we select something we prefer over what we need to do. Maybe we choose play like watch a movie, or rest like take a nap, or other work like cleaning mirrors instead of vacuuming the basement. …
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…
As a child, former procrastinators, I heard a silly tune with the words “in the merry merry month of May.” That’s all I remember, but it prompts me during beautiful spring to think of joy. We want it. We need it. We’re designed for it. “A merry heart does good like medicine; but a broken…
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