“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it […]
Read More JJ25 #35 – When God Gives: StewardThere are people who do an excellent job in time management, thrive on managing resources and have proven to be very good in managing relationships to a degree. They lead successful businesses, gain a great deal of fame and fortune, garner a large number of followers and maintain significant influence in their sector of expertise. […]
Read More Managing SelfOf all the things we manage beyond self none is more challenging, frustrating, annoying, rewarding and fulfilling than relationships. By relationships, I mean with people, so in as much as some may be disheartened to realise I am not including dear faithful Rover, or the adorable Nibbles the hamster, I am exclusively referring to people. […]
Read More Managing RelationshipsFood, clothing, accommodation, storage, transport, communication devices, workplace equipment and a partridge in a pear tree. Most of those things listed above constitute the resources we are used to managing (or not) to some degree in our lives. Conspicuous by its absence, you may have noticed, is money. Of all the resources we manage, money […]
Read More Managing ResourcesElsewhere I have mentioned above my view on being bored. I certainly used to be bored. Very easily too. I know that feeling. “There’s nothing to do. It’s so boring!” What I continue to realise all the more is that statements like that reflect my attitude to time and how to make the most of […]
Read More Managing TimeGod is not unfair. That’s not an easy realisation to come across when stuff happens. Not every day is a joyful one for me. Sometimes I go through days that are not classed as joyful. In it all, experience teaches me that God is still there and God is not unfair. Not unfair because He […]
Read More Can I Manage?I was reading Proverbs 8 – of course I was or else I wouldn’t be able to put this post together – in any case I read it, then I read it again, then I left it for about an hour or nine and read it again for me wife. Sometimes when you read something […]
Read More MTP08 Remix – Wisdom: What A LadyLately someone informed me that ‘no one likes to be used’. I know what he meant, but I’m not sure he got the words quite right. We use things every day. We use them without being consciously aware that we’re using them. Take the clothes you’re currently wearing (of course I assume you are wearing […]
Read More Used or AbusedYou should have already gathered that this season has been about discovering more about who Jesus is even if ever so briefly. Lately I have had plenty of opportunity to reflect on how that makes a difference to every day living. The Life Context Of course first let us talk about football. Watching the game […]
Read More Building Life Around JesusDo not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbour who is near than a brother who is far away. (Proverbs 27:10) Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) One of the entries I’m looking […]
Read More MTP27 – Staying Close To Excel
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