It’s a new year. How new do you feel? Does your life feel new? Likely not. Though it is a new year, we must begin making adjustments in order to experience the new. Making Adjustments in the New Year Many people begin the new year with New Year Resolutions. We create lists of what we want, what we don’t want, or what we want to see change in our lives. This is good and this gives us a starting point, but so often this is all we do. We declare what we want without the follow through of how we’re going to make it happen. In order to see lasting…
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MARGO & WORK: I’ve been working 4 jobs
Today is Dec. 23rd and my last post was on Aug. 9th. The reason for the gap? I’ve been working 4 jobs. So much has transpired in my life that it’s hard for me to grab a good starting point. The first thing I can say: It is so important to discover your purpose in life. If you don’t know why God placed you here, you will undoubtedly sell yourself short. You will live a life of uncertainty, confusion, unfulfillment, discontentment, and stress; just to name a few! So, let me tell you the 4 jobs I’ve been working: Principal’s Secretary at our daughters’ elementary school. Adjunct Professor at our…
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Recognizing Patterns: 5 Tips
If we’re honest and take the time to pay attention to our lives, I believe we’ll all find patterns that we continuously fall into. Satan tends to set the same traps for us, and unfortunately, we tend to walk right into them- over and over. If we are going to progress and experience fullness of joy and life, we must begin recognizing patterns. Recognizing Patterns: 5 Tips 1. What gets you down? Take the time to pay attention to what gets you down. What frustrates you and interrupts your peace & joy? It may seem weird, but I encourage you to start journaling your bothers. Write down your worries and…
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Keeping First Things First
As we journey through life, it is imperative that we learn to keep first things first. No matter the season that we find ourselves in, our priorities will always be challenged. If we are going to experience the full blessing of God in our lives, we must understand the importance of keeping first things first. Keeping First Things First: 10 Tips 1. Set rules for yourself. What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? What’s your personal order of operations? We must be intentional to not quickly throw ourselves into our day without first throwing ourselves at His feet. 2. Remain humble. For me,…
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Maintain Your Momentum: 3 Tips
It’s one thing to start your day strong, but it’s another thing to be able to maintain your momentum throughout the entire day. Take a moment to reflect on your days: What takes you there? Disturbs your peace? Messes up your energy? Today is my last day of 35 and the Lord is actively teaching me how to maintain my momentum- regardless. He’s making me extremely aware of those little things that mess up my energy, disrupt my joy, my flow, my peace. If we are going to be all that Christ created us to be, and do all that He has for us to do, it’s imperative that we…
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A Time to do Nothing
Do you block off time to do nothing? Or, do you find yourself constantly going, and going, and going? Life has a way of pushing us around, especially if you have kids. We seem to go from one activity to the next, and all of that has it’s place; but there is also a time to do nothing. A Time to do Nothing Why is doing nothing important? Honestly, I feel like: Doing nothing is where the magic happens. Today, for the most part it would appear that I’ve done nothing, but really I’ve done the most important thing and the absolute BEST thing that I could have done. I’ve…
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IT’S SUMMERTIME: 7 Rules to Live by this Summer
IT’S SUMMERTIME! Though we all enjoy the break, the fun, and the sun; we must also be intentional to use the summertime wisely. IT’S SUMMERTIME: 7 Rules to Live by this Summer 1. Keep a Planner It’s very tempting to leave the planner by the wayside during the summer months, but I encourage you to keep a planner during the summertime. Though you may have a lighter load, you still want to think through how you will use your time. Create some summer goals. Maybe even a summer to-do list, or a reading list. Plan for your fun things as well, like shopping and eating. I encourage you to keep…
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The Dangers of Doing Too Much
We live in an on the go, hustle & bustle type society. Busyness is applauded and constant activity is desired. We feel that our activity levels reflect our success in life, but I need you to know that is not always the case. Busyness is often a thief of God’s best for us. The Dangers of Doing Too Much 1. Doing Too Much Limits Effectiveness I am personally experiencing the effects of doing too much. We often commit to doing too much out of fear. Fear that we aren’t doing enough, fear that we won’t make it unless we do that, fear that we aren’t enough. Anytime that fear is…
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Start Each Day With a Clean Slate: 3 Tips
How was your yesterday? If you’re human, there were some good and some not so good moments. None of us are perfect so there are areas of opportunities in every day. How do you deal with those imperfections? Start Each Day With a Clean Slate It really takes intention to start each day with a clean slate. Naturally, yesterday tries to spill over into today. If we’re not careful, we’ll find ourselves living yesterday over and over and over- unable to BREAK FREE & LIVE! That is not God’s will for us. God’s will for us is to start each day with a clean slate. How do we do that?…
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Discontentment Leads to Sin
Are you content? Are you content in your heart for all that God has done for you, or do you find yourself discontent, always striving for more? Though we live in a world that teaches us to strive, grind, and pursue; really discontentment leads to sin. Discontentment Leads to Sin Discontentment leads to sin because our discontentment really stems from a few heart issues: Ungratefulness Selfishness Pride Entitlement Greed These are just a few of the heart issues that can cause us problems and lead us to sin, resulting in us aborting the plan and process that God has for our lives. Consider Philippians 4:11, which discusses contentment: “Not that…
