Whoops....I'm a little delayed (aka late!) in writing about the week that has past. It's already Tuesday in the new week, and I hadn't recorded my progress during the previous week on my 2012 goals.
1. Finances - A stellar week!!! Because we had stocked up so well the previous week on groceries, we didn't have to visit the grocery store during the week. We finished the week at $77 under our budget...even though we brought home pizza 2 times and went out to eat with our son and his family!! In addition, I scheduled debt-reduction payments to reduce our debt by $150! And, I've begun to build up our savings account (which is generally at $5 just to keep it open) so that when the car & house insurance is next due in June and again in September, along with the property tax which is due in September, we will have reserve funds to pay those bills. Planning ahead and, most importantly, saving for extra expenses in these two months!! Yeah!!!
2. Spiritual - I didn't spend as much time as I should have in Ephesians 3. When our family visits, I find it very difficult to take time away from them for Bible reading and study. I choose to spend time with them and take care of them (cooking, dishes, picking up the house, etc.) rather than carving out time alone with the Lord and His Word. Is this a bad thing?
WWJD? We know that He spent time away from His disciples and the crowds to meet alone with His Father. (Mark 1:35: "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.") (Matt 14:22-23: "Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.")
Maybe the question shouldn't be, "Is this a bad thing?" Instead, the question should be, "Is this the better thing?" That question is easier to answer. No, spending time with my family is NOT the better thing. Jesus told Martha that Mary had chosen the better thing when she chose to spend time at the feet of Jesus instead of getting the household chores done. (Luke 10:41-42: "'Martha, Martha,' the Lord answered, 'you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.'")
As part of my Spiritual goal of being consistent with spending time with my Saviour, I need to choose to take time away from my family when they are visiting or I'm visiting them. And, since I need accountability in this area of my life, I need to include how I'm doing on this part of my goal in future posts.
I haven't started working on memorizing the Bible verses for March....I've got more than half the month left...what's the hurry, right??? :)
It's official -- I've been asked by our Pastor to take on the church website. He told me that he's going to telephone two men this week that he knows who could build the website. Pastor asked me to be their contact person. It sounds like we will ask one of them to build the website, and I'll be helping in the design, functionality, and content areas. Once it's built, it'll be my job to maintain the website, keeping it updated and to be the point person for the church ministries.
3. Personal -- Class is going well....I got an "A" on the test over Chapters 3 & 4. The professor also told me that I got an "A" on my part of the group news story. YEAH!! The story is slowly coming together. Both class sessions (Tuesday & Friday) were spent trying to combine the individual work that the students have done into one cohesive story. It's not done yet, but we're getting closer. Thankfully, the story isn't due until March 23rd to the college newspaper. We might have it done by then!!! :)
Meanwhile, I'm on SPRING BREAK!!! It's great!!! One official day (yesterday) done -- one library book read!!! :) Today's objectives are to catch up on my blog, get the tax returns ready to mail, read Chapter 5 of my textbook, prepare my b-ball tournament bracket, spend some time studying Ephesians 4, play on the computer, read another library book -- all while waiting for grandbaby #5 to appear!!!
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