Trust

"Trust in the Lord will all your heart."
 ~ Proverbs 3:5

Silly Bandz

My kids just LOVE Silly Bandz.  We seem to have them everywhere!

I just came across Believer Bands ...they are just like Silly Bandz.  http://www.believerbands.com/ 

The Believer Bands have shapes that correspond to Bible verses....Apple, Heart, Cross, etc.  I love that they remind the kids that Jesus is always with them.  It is also a great way for our kids to learn to share Christ with others....They can trade/exchange them for other silly bandz and share with the other kids what the shape represents.   Enjoy!

Back to school time.....

Trying to get the family back into the school routine.  They had a great first week.  Very excited to see them head back to school....but a little sad too!

Management vs. Leadership

"Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things."  ~Peter F. Drucker

So my question is are you a Manager or a Leader?  There is a difference...and the difference can change your life and the lives of others.

Meek

  "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth."  (Matthew 5:5)

Meek is not weak....

A question from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A question from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
      
       "What are you doing for others?"

I recently came across this question and it made think of what happens when we are not helping/serving others.....

Have you ever looked back at both "great" and "bad" days?
What defines them as such?

Could it simply be how we react to them instead of how we respond to them that makes them so?  For as Zig Ziglar has told us all, "To respond is positive, to react is negative."

...Could it really be that simple?....

I have been looking back at both "good" and "bad" days; and this is what I have discovered.  The good days where highlighted with me serving others, more than normal patience, and me relinquishing my "plans" and "way" to God.  My bad days are peppered with selfishness, lack of patience, and seeking my own way. 

Have you ever had one of those days that everything seems to be going wrong or testing you in every way?  ....Your car doesn't start, impossible deadlines at work, unruly kids, long lines at the store, an irritating spouse.....  Have you ever stopped to think in the midst of one of these days, "What is God trying to tell me?"  For when you are stuck in that traffic or that long line at the store, maybe God has something to say or to show you if you would just slow down enough and look around you.  If we can just come out of our self serving and self indulgent ways during these times we will be able to witness and become a part of the miracles going on around us all the time.

If it is all about you...then it is all up to you!  My goal is to remember on these "bad" days who I want it to be about and whose hands I will place my days in.

So, what am I doing for others?  Surely not enough, but with God's help I will become more aware of opportunities and callings to help others.  My biggest insight so far has been that when I have helped and served others I have helped myself far more.  

So my hope for today, is that we all make it a great day!

Just started...

I have just started In The Eye Of The Storm by Max Lucado.  Wow!  An amazing book.  A very humbling and empowering story....think you have had a bad day?  Think of Jesus' "second most stressful day" as Max puts it.  How did Christ do it?!  Very hard to put down.  I think the laundry and dusting will not get done today.  :)