February 2013

How to Eliminate the “I Don’t Have Time” Excuse

By |2020-05-08T15:57:38-04:00February 8th, 2013|Family|

An "excuse" is defined as "an explanation offered as a reason to be excused from a certain thing or task." True. At times. But sometimes... Instead of an explanation, an excuse is often an exaggeration. So I'm not talking about eliminating the inevitible, occassional, permissible excuse (Ex - We couldn't make it last week because my child was sick.) I'm talking about the consistent exaggerating excuses...one in particular that is used more than any other. "I don't have the time to _______________." You have time. I have time. We all have time. We are each given 24 hours a day, and we make the decision daily how we will spend the time we are given. So instead of making the outlandish claim, "I don't have time," there are two steps that will help you eliminate this excuse from your vocabulary. Start replacing the claim "I don't have time" with the a true statement of where you spend your time. Example #1: Instead of saying, "I don't have time to read God's Word every day," say, "Instead of reading God's Word, I scroll through my Facebook newsfeed five times a day." Example #2: Instead of saying, "I don't have time [...]

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January 2013

September 2012

Leave and Honor

By |2020-05-08T15:58:05-04:00September 11th, 2012|Family|

"Is it really so wrong that I go to my parents for advice before going to my husband?" "I mean, they're his family, not mine. Do I really have to go?" "I dread the holidays. It's exhausting. Holidays to us mean being in the car and being shuffled from house to house as an attempt to appease everyone. Not only do we not succeed in pleasing everyone, but we can't even enjoy the time we have because we're worried about the next place we have to be." These are real statements that have been made to me over the last few weeks. With the holiday season quickly approaching, many issues regarding parents and in-laws seem to be at a peak. I may not have the perfect answer for every situation, but I do know the Bible gives us two commands concerning parents and grown children: Leave and honor. *Disclaimer: Because I'm a wife, I will often use statements like "your husband." To any guy who may read this, I trust you are intelligent enough to translate that to "your wife." :) Leave "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and [...]

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