Last week I mentioned how much a Bible study with good teaching and accountability has helped me. I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t talk about other ways to get into the Word and get the Word into us.

Some time ago someone shared the above illustration with me. I think it’s a good an applicable illustration. Each activity is represented by a finger on your hand:Continue Reading

Have you ever gone through a time when you felt that God was far away, that He wasn’t involved in your life?

I believe that as a Christian if we are feeling far from God, the problem could be that we are giving more weight to our feelings rather than the Word of God, for God says clearly, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5) Or perhaps, we should examine ourselves, to see if maybe we’re the ones who have moved away.Continue Reading

One day this past week, as he often does, my husband Tim asked me how my day had been.

When my children were growing up, my tendency was to answer that question based on what I’d gotten done that day. I finally became convicted that that was the wrong way to look at things. What was more important to God was how I’d behaved. Had I walked with Him, and had Christ’s character shone through me to my children?

Now that my children are out of our home and I have “retired,” I don’t have the demands of children, and my time is more my own. However, my response to Tim that day was still not a very positive one. Why could I not answer positively about my day now?Continue Reading

Last week I talked about doing the most important things first. I’ve appreciated the comments made after my last blog entry. Several ladies told of ideas that have helped them.

I have always had a hard time determining what the most important things are.

The thing that has helped me the most, I saw in one of the many books on organization that I read in hopes of becoming more organized. The graphic above is called the “Eisenhower matrix” because President Eisenhower used it, and it really makes sense to me, maybe because I’m such a visual person.Continue Reading