Posts Tagged ‘little by little’
Cultivate Legacy: How to Make a Quarantine Scrapbook
If you have kids who are old enough to be aware that we’re in the middle of a global pandemic, navigating and shepherding their emotions and questions adds another whole layer to your family’s experience of COVID-19. It can feel defeating—will they grow up anxious? Are they being permanently harmed by this? I have really…
Read MoreLITTLE BY LITTLE / Go Small
Whether we vocalize it or not, we often crave fast results and overnight success. But, what if we’re missing something? What if overnight and instant aren’t the most fruitful ways to grow things? I was reading Exodus a couple weeks ago and was blow away by these verses (Exodus 23:29-30): If God did it quickly, they…
Read MoreLITTLE BY LITTLE / How to Get Motivated
Feeling unmotivated or overwhelmed in this second week of the year? This post is just for you! I’m finding so much freedom in breaking lots of “rules” this week, growing slow, and taking January to test the waters with my goals. Who made up the rule that we have to make perfect progress on our goals right…
Read MoreLITTLE BY LITTLE / Finishing 2016 Strong
With all the forward focus on the year ahead, it’s easy to forget that 2016 isn’t over yet! There’s still time to finish this year strong, no matter how the other 350 days of the year have been. But, finishing strong to me doesn’t mean doing it all, or checking items off a to-do list. These words…
Read MoreLITTLE BY LITTLE / Time to Pause
Well, this week’s post is a little different, but this week has been a little different, too. Sunday night marks the start of the Jewish new year: Rosh Hashanah. In our house, we celebrate many of the Jewish holidays, as Jesus himself had likely done. We blow a shofar, or ram’s horn, (yes we have one…
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