Clutter. This word conjures up visions of messy houses, disorganized piles or as I call it, horizontal filing systems, dishes loaded in the sink and utter chaos. Not that I would know from personal experience or anything. What does clutter cost us when we are pursuing our dreams? It costs us more than we think. … [Read more…]
Welcome to Memorial Day weekend! Many view this as the official kickoff to summer, while others use this time to reflect on the cost to even have a holiday. Memorial Day is to honor those in military service who lost their lives to preserve our freedoms. To those veterans out there, thank you for your … [Read more…]
There is no such thing as perfect. These are difficult words for me to digest. I struggle with perfectionism. My husband reminds me on a regular basis there is only one perfect person to walk this earth and it’s not me. If there is a situation which doesn’t go the way I planned, blame myself. … [Read more…]
I am guilty of finding my worth in my work instead of with God. How about you? Anyone else slowly raising their hand in the class? Or is it only me? This one hits me close to my heart and home. According to Colossians 3:22-24 (NIV) it states, “Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; … [Read more…]
I’m a fun mom, but only on the weekends. Last Friday night, my youngest asked if tomorrow was a school day. I thought this question might stem from the excitement of the weekend or the perk we offer our kids of all sleeping together for a giant slumber party when it’s not a school night. … [Read more…]
We are at the final day of finding a little more focus in our lives. Hopefully these posts have helped you, even if it’s in a small way. Going back to the first post in this series, I wrote that I rush from one thing to the next without much thought and the majority of … [Read more…]
It’s Day Four and we’re in the home stretch of finding focus in our lives. How are you doing at finding some more focus? Today we are going to be talking about God’s role in our lives. Many times I’ve questioned God’s motives in a situation, but my role isn’t to ask why, it’s to … [Read more…]
Welcome to Day Three of Finding F.O.C.U.S. The first day we talked about F = Finding Peace and yesterday we talked about O = Observing Our Habits. Today we are talking about living a Christ Centered Life. As a reminder, this is what I have F.O.C.U.S. mean: F = Finding Peace O = Observing Our … [Read more…]
My life lacks focus, still. It’s only day two, so I’ve giving myself a little grace. Hopefully you are too! In an effort to create more focus in my life and some gentle reminders on how to do that, I created a few words for each letter of the word F.O.C.U.S. Yesterday we talked about … [Read more…]
I admit it, my life lacks focus. There is a tendency to rush from one thing to the next without much thought. The majority of my life feels like the logistics planning of a battlefield deployment for my family, with a few fire drills thrown into the mix. My husband and I sit down for … [Read more…]