Bitterness
Jealousy (in a negative sense)
Self-centeredness
Unfaithfulness
Monday, June 26, 2006
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Virtues in action: Dressing
Modesty--—for obvious reasons!
Purity--Pure hearts, pure minds, pure motives, pure religion and undefiled (wording courtesy of James 1:27), will all affect the way we dress and will aid us in dressing in ways God can approve. They will also tend to "“purify"” the way we dress and make it more genuinely beautiful. Purity will root out gaudiness, excessive ornamentation, extravaganceance, and all ridiculouslous attire worn in the name of fashion. It will make our clothing comfortable and practical.
Orderliness--—our closets and other storage facilities should be well-organized so we can find what we need when we need it. Our bedrooms and bathrooms should be orderly to, because getting dressed or getting ready to go somewhere is always easier when you don't lose stuff among the piles of dirty clothes on the floor, trip over things and stub your toes, or have to move armfuls of stuff off the bathroom vanity top so you can set down your curling iron, etc. When we are orderly, we can not only keep our space neat and our stuff organized, but we can organize our time and tasks. Both of these are important in getting dressed and ready quickly (and with matching shoes!), as well as in taking the time to care for our clothing properly.
Neatness--it helps the same way orderliness does, but more importantly, our appearance should be neat. I'm at a loss as to how to describe the unkempt appearance I am imagining, so you will just have to use your own imagination!
Confidence--—so we look like we meant to wear what we are wearing instead of looking like we opened our closets and these clothes attacked us and held us hostage, and we would really rather not be wearing them. Sometimes I feel like I look like my clothes have taken me hostage!
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Really?
| Your Blogging Type is Confident and Insightful |
 You've got a ton of brain power, and you leverage it into brilliant blog. Both creative and logical, you come up with amazing ideas and insights. A total perfectionist, you find yourself revising and rewriting posts a lot of the time. You blog for yourself - and you don't care how popular (or unpopular) your blog is! |
Hahahaha! A ton of brain power! How do I access it???!!!
I have been told it is insightful (or something like that) but I'm not so sure about confident!
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Virtues in action
Dishwashing and all that goes with it
Efficiency—I am such an innefficient dish washer and kitchen cleaner! It probably takes me twice as long as it needs to because I keep jumping around putting food away then cleaning out the sink, then loading the dishwasher, then drying dishes, then starting dishwater, then loading the dishwasher, then washing dishes, then putting food away, then drying dishes. Sigh. I think I learned this from living in a very cramped kitchen in which I HAD to go from job to job just to get it done—sort of a put-food-away-so-I-can-clean-out-the-sink-so-I-can-wash-some-dishes-so-
I'll-have-room-to-put-the-rest-of-the-food-away-so-I-can-wipe-off-the-counter
-so-I'll-have-a-place-to-put-dry-dishes-so-I-can-clean-out-the-dishdrainer-so
-I-can-wash-the-rest-of-the-dishes thing. We have a spacious kitchen now so it's time to adopt new practices!
Cleanliness—obviously! We don't want dishes with spots of food left on them. Or gunk around the sink faucet. Or crumbs of the countertop. So we need habits of cleanliness!
Carefulness—so we make sure everything is clean, everything gets done, nothing gets broken, and we don't make a swimming pool on the kitchen floor.
Thoroughness—every dish, every crumb, every drop of water around the sink. No stopping short!
Thursday, June 08, 2006
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