Happy July, former procrastinators! The rest of this month we’ll look back at posts that each encourage us to abide in the Vine in light of their particular topic. Some weeks I am highly “productive” and some I seem to spend most days fighting through a hedge of thorns created by my slothfulness. Some days…
Last week, former procrastinators, I shared that the Holy Spirit has recently revealed to me choices I made based on lies, the sad fruit that resulted, and the scripture truths I should have believed. It was His mercy to reveal those things. (Hard Heart Truth September 10, 2023) There’s a special reason this revelation is…
Sometimes, former procrastinators, God leads us to examine our hearts before Him. Recently He seemed to simply throw open the door of my heart and start pointing and pitching. He pitched out into the light ugly truth about me I never knew was there. It was a great kindness to me as His daughter. It…
Our entire move, former procrastinators, has been a matter of laying aside weight. The quantity of stuff we had was more than we could handle. (According to Take Your House Back, that’s the definition of “too much.”) We’d cleaned out enough to help greatly. My husband astounded me. But as the van filled, we were…
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…
Former procrastinators, though we are free in Christ, we can again think and act like slaves. “Do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage” Galatians 5:1 warns us. Let’s THINK, CHOOSE, and ACT like we’re free – avoid the old ways that entrap us, and live as the new women Christ has made…
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