knee-jerk

:  reacting in a readily predictable way

     I'm beginning to recognize my knee-jerk thoughts in certain seasons, and while they still swirl around in my head, I find that I do battle with my sword of truth more readily and more steadily each time said season arrives.  God's peace eventually arrives, after we have together conquered the "jerks."  I often have questions that linger without answers, but choose to trust and to wait patiently for those.  Quite honestly, I am usually so worn out from the battle, that resting is not difficult.  I am so thankful for God's en-courage-ment; He puts courage in me!

What do you do to combat the "jerks"?

And on a random note, I love Microsoft's OneNote program, and use it daily to keep track of multitudes of information.  

If you use OneNote, what are your favorite uses for it?

 

Enjoy this article? Receive email alerts when new articles are available! Just click on the Follow button or subscribe above.

Contradiction

: logical incongruity  

Tech week and the play performances were a BLAST -- completely exhausting, also.  I hated to see it all end, feeling mournful while driving home at 1:30 a.m. from the after party.  

Being at home this week is also a BLAST!  I've been hanging laundry on the line every day so far, and this morning I baked banana bread, to name only a couple of my blisses from the week. 

Kingdom life seems like it's full of contradictions:  You have to die to live; the last shall be first, and the first shall be last; love your enemies...  Living a Kingdom lifestyle makes life more "lifefull."  I'm also learning that the apparent contradictions in my life help to season my life and make it more flavorful.

What contradictions exist in your life?


Enjoy this article? Receive email alerts when new articles are available! Just click on the Follow button or subscribe above.

Pre-Tech Week

Blur:

Something vaguely or indistinctly perceived; especially : something moving or occurring too quickly to be clearly seen 

For the third year in a row, we are preparing for tech week, which is the week leading up to the Christus Homines Homeschool Drama Troupe play.  And before that we were preparing for tech week with 2 rehearsals a week for a couple of weeks.  Prior to that we met with our outreach team for the first time in 2012.  Here we are in mid-March...whoa! 

Enjoy this article? Receive email alerts when new articles are available! Just click on the Follow button or subscribe above.