In these days of Covid-19, failing hospitals, and a plummeting economy, how am I living? And if I knew I were to be called home tomorrow, would I change anything?
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Read a good book! We’re not the first people to face hard times. Many books share stories of people surviving much more difficult things. These hard stories also offer encouragement as people not only suffer greatly, but also adapt and survive.
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After homeschooling for more than a quarter of a century, I’ve learned a few things. Some the hard way, to be sure. Now, I want to share with you, who’ve thrown into it, a few ideas that might smooth your way. At least a little.
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When the Good Shepherd locates me, He knows I am weak, discouraged, and spent.
He could discipline me, but instead He picks me up.
He could scold me, but instead He lays me across His ever-sufficient shoulders and carries me.
I highly recommend Daughter of Rome. It not only engages heart and spirit, it also paints a realistic and revealing picture of the New Testament world.
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We need the glasses of the Bible whether we have time or not. We cannot see through the fog of our lives without the Lord correcting and clarifying. So we must find a way.
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The value of time in the Word comes from long, slow, consistent faithfulness where one small truth builds onto another into a solid foundation that bears the weight of hardship, doubt, illness, failure, and other pains of life.
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I can’t change the world’s craziness. But I can change my world by beginning my day with Jesus and steeping myself in His Word. It is the most beneficial habit I’ve ever developed.
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I need the fire and the hammer of the Word EVERY DAY of 2020, so I can see clearly, and wrong thinking can be destroyed, and the useless cleared, and the new built.
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For healthy spiritual and emotional eyesight in 2020, I must dive deep in Truth daily. The Bible restores sight, informs the mind, conforms desires, establishes direction, and lights the way.
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Our worst moments can be a stage for His glory to shine. Our inabilities can shout His sufficiency.
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In this Christmas season I am reminding myself that the God who descended to take on flesh and endured more sin against Him than I can imagine is WITH me. Immanuel never leaves my side.
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The wonder and mystery of the season is the Christ child who gave us the physical picture of our Lord’s reality. He is WITH us right in the middle of our sorrow.
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One of the greatest enemies of thankfulness is dissatisfaction. When I concentrate on what I do not have and what I cannot do, I’m accusing my Creator of not being good. I think I’ll thank Him instead.
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We turn around and see our mistakes, the regret weighs heavy and self-recrimination delivers pain. Sprinkle a little guilt on top of that and the load becomes too heavy to bear. But what if we thank the Lord for our mistakes instead?
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When the old hurt or wound comes calling, if I thank God FOR the pain, its power flees. Thanking the Lord removes the thorn left behind from someone’s sin against me.
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But life is here. Now. In the mess. In the sickness and brokenness and grief. This week I’m challenging myself to thank God for every sorrow.
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When we pray we’re not begging for someone to fly in and save the day. God’s not a superhero. Not even a Marvel one. All the Avengers, plus every other hero in the Marvel universe can’t combine to the totality of the Lord of all creation.
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If we have an anemic prayer life, we’re part of the problem. Sorry- just a bit of tough love. Ready for the solution? The solution is only found in spending TIME in the Bible.
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This blog is for all you moms who are gazing at a long hot summer with a little bit of worry and a whole lot of dread: Don’t Waste The Gift Of This Summer.
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