My daughter and I started on Monday having a little quiet time, a little stretching together in the mornings. Being she's in the 10th grade, it's a very special 15 or so minutes together, and we do a little devotion to prepare and strengthen ourselves for the day.
In my quiet times, it's becoming increasingly important that I think of the tasks at hand, not the task "list." The "list of what to do" is created by me. The "tasks at hand" are divine.
People first--ALWAYS before "stuff." We are designed for relationship. It's relationships we take with us when we leave this world. "Stuff" will burn.
I have enough. I do enough. I am enough. Enough is enough.
The awareness that I am causing most of my trouble is alarming. God wants me to be with him. Do His will. "Men tend to multiply duties in their observance of religion . . . lulling the soul into a comatose condition."
It's not about me . . .
Words are important. What I say does matter. We taught kiddos the "Kids at Hope" pledge today:
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