Gentleness and Late Night Picnics
You’ve worked hard! You’ve done your best all day. You’ve given it everything you’ve got. And now it’s time for those munchkins to go to bed! Time to relax and rest…or so you think.
Join me as I share one of my favorite stories of the late night antics from my children and how their huge blunder helped me learn how to have a more gentle approach with myself when it comes to addressing imperfections, limitations, and skills that I haven’t quite developed yet.
Once upon a time we only had a couple of kids, but they were adventuresome!
Join me to hear the story of the boys and their crazy picnic!
Do you brainstorm all the things your kids do wrong in any given moment? Often we could address so many things at once. What do you do? Will they hear it? How do you choose?
I’ll share how I handled it and how it informed me in a new way of what I really needed to do with myself and my mistakes as well.
If you don’t take away anything else, how can this verse and promise bring your encouragement today? What does it say about God and his care for you? How does it inform who you can be today?
Isaiah 40:11
“He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom; and gently lead those that are with young.”
How can we be more gentle with ourselves in our various roles as spouse, parent, child, sibling, educator, co-worker, entrepreneur, Christian, etc.?
One way is to choose a WAY of BEING.
Many people choose a word for the year to focus on, but what if we chose a word for the day, the week, or the month? How might this allow us to focus on cultivating a new habit well and streamline what things we are focused on?
In this episode I’ll give an example of how one word helps maintain focus of loving our families well and minimizing overwhelm.
How could one word help streamline bedtime routines for instance?
What about meal times, how can one word help you decide what to prioritize between nutritious, timely, on budget, something everyone likes, easy to prepare, and a variety of other factors?
Staying focused on one thing at a time allows us to learn that one thing really well.
What one thing are you going to focus on today? How will you streamline your focus and be gentle to yourself and those around you?
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