March 13, 2007
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My day in a nutshell!
I’m sorry that I haven’t been posting much lately. I’ve been doing a lot of reevaluating… especially of duties outside my home (or inside my home via computer). This is a regular occurrence for me… this evaluating thingie!
I like to compare the work I do each day to what scripture says a woman should be doing and see if I’m on target. Of course, that means I need to KNOW what Scripture says, which means study time needs to be a high priority. Time is running out for me on this earth… I’ll be 50 this year. Most likely, there are less days ahead of me than behind! I feel such an urgency to focus on what God says is important and not waste my days left in pursuits that have no eternal value. Just because I am working in my home doesn’t mean that I am spending my time in the best possible way for the kingdom. I hope to bring Him glory as I make Him more accurately known by obeying His Word! 1 Cor. 10:31
So, here is a list of what I did today. I want to look at how I spent my time to see if it lines up with what Scripture says I should be doing. Do you see anyway that I could have made better use of my time in obeying Scripture? Um…er…. maybe deleting Paula’s Home Cooking show would have been a good start?
* 7:30-9:00 am Bible Study (hubbins didn’t work today so we slept in) (SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM, MT. 6:33)
* 9:00-9:30am Dressed, hair, make bed, straighten bedroom
* 9:30-12:00pm 2 phone calls, washed and hung one load of whites, vacuum house, shampoo hall and throw rugs, deep cleaned living room by moving furniture and vacuuming and cleaning windows, cleaned my bathroom toilet. (SHE LOOKS WELL TO THE WAYS OF HER HOUSEHOLD, PROVERBS 31:27)
*12:00-12:30pm Lunch
* 12:30-1:00pm Cleaned up lunch and worked on putting things away from cleaning.
* 1:00-1:30pm Rested my feet and watched Paula’s Home Cooking.
(I’M DEBATING ON STOPPING THIS PRACTICE SINCE PAULA’S RECIPES ARE NOT LOW CARB AND IT SEEMS TO STIR UP A DESIRE TO EAT HIGH CARB FOODS.)
* 1:30- 3:00pm Painted windowsill, finished putting things away from cleaning, finished vacuuming my bedroom and retreat room (PROVERBS 31:27)
* 3:00- 4:30pm Balanced my mother’s checkbook… had problems … lots of calls to Mom (WE’RE TO VISIT WIDOWS IN THEIR TROUBLE, JAMES 1:27)
* 4:30-6:00pm Worked in my office on personal/business paperwork (My husband has asked that I handle the paperwork for our personal finances and I still do some of the business paperwork. (CREATED TO BE HIS HELPMATE, GEN 2:18. I’m to submit to my husband 1 Peter 3:5-6 )
* 6:00-7:00pm Hubbins was working in the shop so dinner was later than usual. Cleaned out fridge while I made dinner, open up house to cool it down
* 7:00-7:40pm Hubbins and I used this time for bible study (SEEKING FIRST THAT KINGDOM AGAIN!*S*), worked on flyer for church bridal shower
* 7:40-8:00pm Shower, pull down quilt for bedtime, turn on night lights, close up windows
*8:00-10:00pm Relaxing, searching internet for encouraging, godly sites. I use a laptop while dh is watching tv. (Hmm… would this qualify as some sort of fellowship?)
There are so many more commands directed towards the godly woman plus a myriad of general commands that would apply, too. I’m sure there is no way that we can fulfill each of them in a day but as the Lord directs and leads people into our lives and as we use our gifts in the local church body and work in our homes we can hopefully put a small dent in them.
It would be fun to see a schedule from you gals and then have you try to line up what you did with scripture. What do you say? Be sure to post here if you decide to take my challenge. *Smile*
Comments (18)
I just want you to know you are an inspiration to me. I know I need to prioritze my day better but I always seem to be thinking…”Tomorrow. Tomorrow I will have more time.” Wrong. I always have the same amount of time where is the best use of that time….Thanks for your post. vickie
Bless you’re heart. You get alot done in a day!! Thanks for posting. It is an encouragement to be more careful with my time. Studying, no matter in what area takes alot of time and not always shows up with immediate accomplishments, neither does “listening” to friends.
Well, I think that is a good challenge, Georgene. I’ll come back when my day is through!
I really enjoyed your post!
>>”how I spent my time to see if it lines up with what Scripture says I should be doing.”<<
thanks for the examples… it got me thinking!
Keeping track of one’s time like that sounds like it could be an interesting thing to do!
It sounds like you are having warm weather down there. I agree about shows like Paula they do stir up that desire for rich foods. I’ve been trying to eat a few more carbs now that I’m exercising and I can tell I’ve gained a little. It’s hard to keep the portions small because when you start eating the carbs you start wanting more. So I’ve got to really watch those portions.
Being 50 myself, I know that the Lord has more for me to accomplish here on earth. Right now he knows that I need work on giving mercy,and grace to others,as I have been given, I can be more productive around the house, Gods working on my inside,and hopefully will show on the outside. I believe in following Colossians 3:16, working for the Lord, not for man,that is convicting,and encouraging in the workplace! thanks Georgene! your inspiring.
are you considering going to to Romania? (i highly recommend it
Oh boy, that means I’ll have to get up early EVERY day!! I’d love to meet you for tea next time you are up visiting your Mom.
Thanks for the book recommendation. I’ll have to see if my library has it. I’m getting 30 mins. of exercise daily now but I think the sleep problem is due to tempts warning up and allergy/ headache problems. I hadn’t heard about the sunlight helping you to sleep. I should be getting out there for walks so I’ll give that a try. My dd is doing The Lord’s Table a christian program to help with weight control. There is a web site. It is based on feeding on the Word instead of so much food. There is a lot of fasting involved.
I just wanted to let you know that your comment on my site was a great encouragement. Thank-you.
Thanks for your kind words on my blog. God bless!
Thanks for the web site. I didn’t know about that one. I did find a custard recipe so I’ll give it a try when I use up the Jello ones I have now in my frig. Looking at pudding recipes they don’t have a much cornstarch as I thought. I don’t know where I got that idea. But custard has none. It is higher fat tho. I’m sorry to hear about TLTable. Her group has been doing it for a few weeks. Linda
You had a great day…got a lot done. I love Paula’s show! An Amish run is this. Basically, I have a taxi service for the Amish. If they need to go away they call me and I drive them. I am booked most everyday except Sundays although sometime we do do Sundays evenings. Its a fun “job” to fill my time.
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You don’t look at all close to 50
And I LOVE your background! Sooo beautiful!
Well God bless you and feel free to stop by again!
~Sarah
God bless you sister. We need to re-evaluate our priorities periodically. We tend to do so much and forget what is most important.
Have a good day.
hi! thanks for the cmment.
~William~
RYC: Thanks for sweet comment
. I know, I miss you too when you don’t post for a while. So hard to be faithful to so many areas of life – like my job that I’m gonna be late for if I don’t get in the shower!!! Have wonderful day!