“I sensed God was calling me to the mission field.” “We really felt God was not calling us to leave just yet. We felt there was more work to be done.” “I’ve always felt called into teaching.” Have you heard people say these types of things when they’ve been discussing their life’s plans or work?… Read More »
(My friend, Jamie at BlondeMomBlog, posted this cartoon with her year-end post. I had to borrow it for mine. I love it.) It’s a new year—the perfect time for reflections and fresh starts. I’m a real sucker for cliched rituals like that. And so, I look back and look forward. I started this blog one… Read More »
This is not anything new, really. My house is always a mess. By “house” I mean both my physical dwelling, as well as my mental/emotional/spiritual “house.” And I straddle sanity between enjoying the permission to be unstructured with the overwhelming desire to “get it together” and get it cleaned up. The first few weeks of… Read More »
Last week, I wrote about the commodity of time in our lives. Mainly, I’m interested to explore this further because I live in the middle of a great paradox. Most of the time, I’m running around, doing a million things and getting crazy amounts of things accomplished: running a home, working a part-time job, shopping,… Read More »
Wish you had more hours in the day? Want to be more productive and efficient? Looking for new ideas for time management? I highly recommend Tell Your Time by Amy Lynn Andrews. And … this e-book is on clearance for ONLY $2 (regular price $12). Click here to buy now. Two dollars, people. That’s less… Read More »
Yesterday’s sermon was a piercing one for me. My pastor said something along the lines of this: I simply want to be focused on God himself—not on the destination of the journey on which he has me. That has resonated in my soul for the last 24 hours or so. Because I, too, am on… Read More »
What’s In Your House? Weekly Link-up Oh, friends. I’ve been doing a lot of “looking inside my house” lately. I made a commitment at the beginning of the year to change some things that I didn’t like about the way I was living life. Primary was to strengthen my relationship with Christ and pursue him… Read More »
I discovered something last week. No truer words have ever been spoken than: A stitch in time saves nine. You see, I have fallen off and on the wagon of daily routines and housekeeping “maintenance.” I have been a FlyLady devotee—and I have wallowed in my dirty laundry. (I’m great at exploring all places on… Read More »
I was a little bit surprised to hear some words come out of my own mouth the other day: “I know my limits.” To which my husband replied, “Yes. But it’s taken you a while to get there.” (And, for the record, I am still a work in progress and struggle every day. The difference… Read More »