I’m just about done reading The Last Arrow by Erwin McManus. This has been a timely read for me and I wanted to share one part I found interesting. It’s something I think is very critical to our growth and we tend to take it lightly at times and overlook…
Consistency
I’m currently reading the book The Last Arrow by Erwin McManus. The idea of the arrows is rooted in the encounter with King Joash and Elisha in the book of 2 Kings. Elisha instructs the king to strike the arrows on the ground and the king stops after three. Elisha…
May is here! Do you know what that means? School will soon be out and the seniors are graduating!!! Yep, time for some change. The high school seniors will be going to college; some leaving home for the first time. The college seniors are stepping out on their own in…
We are well into our second month of the year and time is getting away if you have not started on your goals for the new year. I’m not sure if you typically make annual goals or not, but this was by far the longest I’ve waiting to write out…
Last time we left off with Ruth and Naomi. Naomi left us with three gifts: lead by example, give others free will, and have proper expectations in our relationships. I want to talk more about our leading by example. Jeremiah 31:33-34 (NIV) states, “‘This is the covenant I will make…
“So you will be my people, and I will be your God.” Jeremiah 30:22 NIV This was not the first time I had seen this sentence. It was also found in Exodus 6:7 and in Leviticus 26:12. As I was reading this over and over again in Jeremiah (see also…
Last time we took an adventure with Shadrach (Hananiah), Meshach (Mishael), and Abednego (Azariah). These three men stood strong with each other through an exile from Judah to Babylon. They refused to eat what they knew was to be wrong for them. They rose to power among the Babylonians and…
Ah, good ‘ol Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. I was reading about them in Daniel 3:16-18 this week as they were getting ready to be thrown into the furnace if they did not bow down to the gold statue Nebuchadnezzar had built of himself. “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to…
Is summer a schedule changer for you? Are you having to pencil in time to see your best friend because of vacations? Not seeing your regular peeps at church because of people going different places? I know as a mom of 3 teenagers, summer is filled with many different activities…
Last time we talked about decluttering and I pointed you to a website I’ve been using since the beginning of the year: http://www.home-storage-solutions-101.com/declutter.html. What I’ve loved about this site is the fact that it includes both organization as well as shifts the focus from simply organizing to mentally deciding if you…