Summertime, former procrastinators, sometimes opens the door to opportunities. During school and September – May work, it’s often challenging to fit in extras. Summer is not everybody’s slow season, however. Maybe your slower period is another time – if you have a slower time. But we all need a breathing period, so I encourage you…
We continue, former procrastinators, with brainstorming for summer ideas. If we wait until summer is here, that delay could render our expectations impossible to meet. Notice that most of these can be done with all ages and even if teens are at summer jobs. Be creative and flexible. Is there a project at church or…
An early morning wakeup, former procrastinators, brought some happy thoughts. Things my mother used to say – often. They may have been instructions for us kids or just her observations and commentary. I think of them often and miss her. Some momisms we heard frequently: “Why are you saving that? You own it. Use it.” …
Alas, former procrastinators, I tend to have ideas after the window of opportunity has passed. Or, I fail to realize more prep work is involved than I counted on, so I miss the window that way. Sometimes it’s necessary to say, “I’ll think about that later.” But make it soon. Putting off thinking about something…
One day, former procrastinators, I was sitting on the sofa reading when our son came in. He looked at me with a smile and said, “I want to see more of that around here!” As a teen he knew the value of pausing to read – and that his mom should read more often. We…
It’s a pleasure not to be put off, former procrastinators. Of course, it’s good for every season. But biking to the library was an important part of summer for me. Inside it was musty and quiet. Not a sound unless someone stepped carefully up the creaky stairs to the second floor. The library was mysterious…
A few things come to mind, former procrastinators, as I aim to take advantage of the final days of summer. This has been a busy two months. I’m pondering the plans I had earlier to rest, listen, meditate, and act as I focused on a particular study. When I think of rest, I think “stop…
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