God likes celebrations! Just consider, former procrastinators, the feasts He directed. It pleases Him when we honor Him with joy and festivities. We’re about to enter a season of celebration – Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s. Instead of dreading the time as a marathon of requirements, we can look forward to it as opportunity to express…
You know, former procrastinators, the more we put things off, the bigger the burden becomes. Cleaning the closet swells from being a one afternoon task to being a monster chore requiring herculean efforts to accomplish. We put if off; it grows. We dread it; it taunts us. No, it doesn’t grow. It’s only in our…
Relax, former procrastinators! We walk out our daily lives on the foundation of His love and eternal life in Christ. If we tie ourselves up in knots, we choke our new creation. The history of the word “relax” gives great word pictures that can help us get the idea of what it means to not…
Is it hard for you to relax, former procrastinators? It’s interesting that we struggle to do that. For me it’s partly because there’s much I want to do – and get done. Partly because I see myself as lacking and feel compelled to make up for my shortfalls. Procrastination makes it worse as intentions and…
For some of us former procrastinators, rest is actually one of the things we put off. We don’t think we have the freedom to relax. We have a backlog of items on our do list and feel guilty for being behind. We just don’t think we can stop or even pause to take a break. …
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…
Someone told me a fun story, former procrastinators. She knew some parents who realized they often put their kids off by responding “Someday.” Could we go to the beach? Someday we will. Could we get a dog? Maybe someday. Can we have cake for breakfast? Someday when you’re grown. These parents recognized their pattern and…
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