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Wasting Away

posted on : June 3, 2019 posted by : leslie hertel 2 Comments

The way you spend your leisure time is an indication of who you actually are. – A.W. Tozer VOUS Church, Rich Wilkerson Jr. 7 Rules for Self Discovery; Waste or Create. May 5,2019 A.W. Tozer has become one of my favorites to read, and I’ve tried to let the wisdom that he spoke to really resonate in my heart. How do you spend your leisure time? Is your leisure time fully self focused? Is it spent giving back within in your community? Is it spent helping your family? In your leisure time do you just waste the time that you are given? God does not want us wasting the time that we are given. In our leisure time are we creating a life that is reflective of our creator. Sundays are my favorite day because it is a reminder that it is a day with our creator and with my family. We rest, play, maybe take a nap and just enjoy each other. This leisure time with my family on Sundays gets me ready for the week. Sunday is the reminder that we are not made to handle all of it on our own. I…

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Where’s The Owner’s Manual

posted on : April 18, 2019 2 Comments

Don’t you sometimes wish that being a parent came with an owner’s manual? I have so many times just wished I could look into a book and it would tell me exactly what I needed to do. Being a parent is one of the hardest things in the world; it tests everything physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. If you saw us in mass last night with our youngest I was completely worn down of all four of those things. The whole parenting realm is a big trial and error process and some trials are harder than others. Right now we are experiencing a couple of those trials with our girls now and it has been hard. We have had our days but I will not lose sight of our purpose as their parents. Expect progress not perfection. The Better Mom Devotional. Ruth Schwenk. Zondervan, 2018. Parenting is definitely a constant state of progression because just when you think you have it all figured out something will throw you into a tail spin and you are back to square one. Recently I started a devotional called The Better Mom Devotional by Ruth Schwenk. It has been so…

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