I would like to share stuff about my life at home.  I love to be there. 

 

News Alert!  I'm Getting Organized!  I have just come up with a new rough schedule for managing my life at home.  I didn't want to make it too detailed lest it be to hard to follow. I have known for a long time how important it is to be a good steward of my time, my belongings, my home and my body.  I have never been very organized or planned though in my approach of being a good steward.  In the past, I extolled the "fly by the seat of your pants" attitude.  I never realized the benefits of planning and organization. I hated the thought of that much work and thought my spontaneous attitude was just fine.  However, I've slowly come to the realization that I must carefully plan out my life to make sure I hit the target of pleasing God. In the secular world, we would never dream of someone with an important occupation being irresponsible enough to try to accomplish an important task without planning ahead or preparing for it.  A surgeon wouldn't haphazardly approach the task of brain surgery and get around to it when he felt like it, even though the patient had a cancerous tumor.  I would hope that a man in his first semester of college majoring in architechture would not build a high rise.  I must not think then that in my goal of pleaing God, that I can just hope that everything turns out ok without some planning or forethought.  Why does the world assume that we can be lazy and undiligent in our pursuit of Godliness?  Of all the tasks of life, this one should be given the most thought and diligence.  I am slowly learning this and even slower in figuring out what it should look like in my everyday life!  This is hard.  But I've got to have personal goals in my life that please God and it is only diligent to make a plan that helps me to take steps toward my goals.  So here I am making a feeble attempt at a more orderly home and personal life.

 

Meal Planning!  Each Sat. I am planning all the meals for the week, so that I know what to buy at the store in my weekly shopping trip. This way, I'll never have to stress about what to have for dinner or realize that all the veggies I forgot to cook have gone bad.  This also helps me to be sure we're eating what's good for us, not just what is convenient.  I am sure to include veggies and/or fruit in every meal.  I want to make sure that I'm a good steward of my body and as Craig's helper in life, make it easy for him to be a good steward of his body.  Also, it saves me the time of having to run back to the store to get the one ingredient I forgot.  : )

 

Excercise!  Ugh!  I hate to do this.  I have to have a plan, or I'll never follow through.  My goal is to exercise 3x a week first thing in the morning (6:30 am).  I'm starting small with just a 30 min. workout at home.  It's a time saver to do Taebo at home and then immediately jump in the shower rather than going out to exercise.  It's the only  good way for me with my schedule to exercise!  The easier the better! 

 

Devotions!  Right after excercising I do devotions.  I'm doing the devotions notebook that is on our homepage and  my personal plan for prayer--P--praise, R--repent, A--ask, and Y--yield.  I write out all the things I will pray about, and then pray through the list. This way, my mind doesn't have much chance to wander.  This plan works well for me.  I'm also reading through the Bible in a year, but have fallen behind a little.  I know this means I've got to come up with a better and more specific plan to accomplish this!  Maybe on Saturday afternoons...hmmmm.

 

Work!  With my mornings getting organized, I'm much better at getting in to work around 9-9:30.  I kinda set my own hours, but need  them to be somewhat consistent and be there by 9-10 am.(I am the church secretary.) 

 

Housework!  Saturdays is laundry day.  Tuesday night is the night to do other chores (before the teens come over on Wed.)  I am trying to get the kitchen spotless each morning before work.  Keeping regular with all these duties, helps housework to not become overwhelming.  I hate the hopeless feeling of being overwhelmed and disorganized.

Well, I am trying to put into practice what I've slowly been learning.  I'm hoping I get better and more disciplined in the years to come in order to honor the Lord with my life.  I hope that my plan continues to help me glorify God by being a good steward of what He's given me.  For further discussion of this topic, read Loving God With All Your Mind, by Liz George. (See 'Life Changing Books' above)  This is a great book!