What Does Daily Life Planning Look Like?
And How It Fits in My Morning Routine We’ve been discussing routines and how they help us get more done. How reading and learning is a big part of developing a good routine. And how I use journaling. Last week it was daily planning. The first thing on Daily Planning is reviewing my Weekly Life […]
We All Have Crosses to Bear
Life is Full of Heavy Crosses Life is hard. There are all sorts of trials and tribulations that we go through. None of these crosses are as heavy as the one Jesus carried. These past several weeks we been going through Jesus’ final week, and what a week it was. He went from being celebrated […]
The Next Step of the Morning Routine
Reminders Are a Big Part of This Taking control of your life requires intentional action. Having a routine is a big part of that control. The past several weeks we discussed routines and their importance in being productive. Last week we focused on my morning journaling. My routine includes reminders …. lots and lots of […]
Jesus’ Blood is On Us
We Can’t Wash Our Hands of This We’re getting closer to the cross this week. The past several weeks we’ve been going on this journey with Jesus. Too much of the time we just jump from Palm Sunday to Easter and bypass the ugly part in between. And there is a lot of ugly. Part […]
Get Your Day Started Off Right
Your Morning Routine Should Be Where Your Day Starts Being out of control is one of the most helpless feelings we can have. I shared a little bit about my struggle with this last week and how reading and learning changed things for me. It was the realization that I had control over my decisions […]
We Need to Live Our Lives Awake
What Does It Mean to be Awake? As we continue with Jesus on His journey to the cross, this week we find ourselves in the Garden of Gethsemane. They just finished sharing their last meal together. After singing a song, they went to the Mount of Olives. (Mark 14:22-26) Jesus told them, “All of you […]
A Routine is Something That is Learned
Books Are a Good Place to Start Last week we discussed how a routine can help us get more done. Too many times, people drift through life without any plan. They neglect to take control of the things they can control. I know how this is. I used to feel this way. Early on I […]
The Journey of Life Can be Hard
It’s Nice When Somebody Goes with Us During this time of Lent, we’ve been going through Christ’s journey to the cross. Two weeks ago, we talked about knowing where our treasure is and Mary’s anointing of Jesus with the expensive oil. She knew where her treasure was. Last week we discussed Jesus’ riding into Jerusalem […]
Wouldn’t You Like To Get More Done?
A Daily Routine Can Help You Over the past several weeks we’ve been going through the Hero on a Mission online course. This is one of the courses offered by Business Made Simple University designed by Donald Miller. These online courses are great for helping small businesses. I’ve taken this course before, but to reinforce […]
Don’t Get Caught Up in the World
There’s so Much More Out There It makes sense that we get caught up in the world. It’s where we live and what we know. Every day we take part in it. If we’re not careful, it’s where our awareness stops. It becomes all we focus on. I’m not saying we should abandon the world. […]