This is part 2 in a series on self-discipline and systems in homemaking. In part one, “Systems in Homemaking – What I Learned from a Video Game,” we talked about the differences between self-control and self-discipline, and why that matters in our daily lives. Something hit me as I approached my 40s. I’d been the…
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Resistance – the Sneaky Saboteur Keeping us from Fulfilling our Calling
I just thought I was lazy. All my life I’ve been full of ideas, goals, dreams of great accomplishments in life. I would think about these dreams when I was going about my day. I’d daydream about them and enjoy the warm fuzzies they brought. But when I had 30 minutes or more to devote…
Systems in Homemaking – What I learned from a Video Game
My husband used to have a Sega game system and wanted to get me involved, so he got me Sim City. In this game, you essentially create people and then live their lives. From above and diagonal as if I were a giant looking down into a roofless house, I could see each of her…
Welcome to Her Sacred Burden
Isn’t it a beautiful thing when a phrase or quote jumps out at you and encapsulates so thoroughly something you’ve been thinking and praying about? I’ve been praying about starting a blog for a few months, and before that it had a place firmly lodged in the back of my mind for years. I’ve heard…