Mondays come around so quickly, don’t they? After the events of the last few weeks, I sometimes find myself wanting the days to speed up and blur together. It’s as if the days passing will distance me from hard things that happen and it can be as if they had never happened. But today I… Continue reading Monday Moments
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Mondays, Bread-winning, & the Bible
It’s the first Monday of the New Year, and for many of us, it’s our first day back to work since 2020. (I know, cue collective groan, right?) Last night, I was thinking about how much I do not want to go back to being a teacher. In a pandemic. With all my students virtual.… Continue reading Mondays, Bread-winning, & the Bible
Abide and Rest
Mondays can be busy days. Or maybe they only seem more busy because it's the first workday after the weekend. Too often the temptation can be to give in to the tyranny of the urgent and dive willingly into the rush that offers no real rest or relief... at least it is for me. So… Continue reading Abide and Rest
For this Monday
.....What a good reminder for an otherwise tired, mundane, unwelcome Monday. ....I belong to God because He is my creator. I am redeemed - created new in Christ - because of his good work of redemption on the cross and resurrection over death. ....Since he has called me to himself, I have a hope-filled purpose-… Continue reading For this Monday
To my Teacher Self: you are serving the Lord Christ
This week in my fifth grade class we are reading “This I Believe: Free Hearts and Minds at Work", a radio talk by Jackie Robinson. This quote toward the end really stood out to me: “And in the largest sense, I believe that what I did was done for me — that it was my… Continue reading To my Teacher Self: you are serving the Lord Christ
To love and good works
"Look Miss W. I put the encouragement up on the board so that everyone would know to do their best job today." -G, 5th grade I smiled at his sweet sincerity and helpfulness. I was also a little disconcerted. Had he known that Hebrews 19:24 was that morning's "verse of the day" on my Bible… Continue reading To love and good works
Plans of the Heart
It's a brand new year. On this day, perhaps more than any other, my heart is brimful of hopes and plans for the future. Maybe your heart is also. Proverbs 16:9 reminds me that there is a plan bigger and more sure than mine. The Lord has a plan that cannot be altered by human… Continue reading Plans of the Heart
Monday Motivation with Hope
Pointless, Mundane, and Redeemed
Practical. Transitory. Ordinary. Mundane life. It is most likely resented because it is not spectacular. While we encourage each other to stop and appreciate the small things in life, we don't always mean it. Not really. We want to be known for doing impressive things -- or at least things that are worthy of noticing. … Continue reading Pointless, Mundane, and Redeemed
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