Thursday's Thought: Marriage/Relationships

Mr. Right probably has high standards too.

Thursday's Thought: Home, Sweet Home

Home is never sweet unless the people in it are sweet.

Thursday's Thought: Contentment

Contentment enjoys what it has and gratefully accepts what is given to it.

Thursday's Thought: Marriage

The most important key to success in unselfishness. The most significant reason for failure is selfishness.

Tuesday's Tip: Prioritize

Prioritize your goals or areas of study/preparation so that you don't always focus on what is easiest or the most fun.

Thoughts on Learning and Critical Thinking

Read widely,
. . . . but don't believe everything you read.


Listen carefully,
. . . . but don't believe everything you hear.


Look around,
. . . . but don't believe everything you see.


Think hard,
. . . . but don't believe everything you think.



If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. ~ James 1:5 

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. ~ Proverbs 9:10 

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee. . . ~ Proverbs 2: 10, 11.

Womanhood Challenge of the Month: May 2010

This month's womanhood challenge is to cultivate yourself. This isn't a contrast to May's Girlhood Challenge to let God garden your heart, it's just a different way of applying to concept of gardening to oneself.

Have you ever thought about cultivating yourself? Do you watch how you grow?

Do you weed your heart, your mind, your life of things that don't belong in it and choke out the good stuff?

Do you provide yourself with plenty of light?

Is the place you are planted good for you and meeting your needs? If not, can you amend that soil or at least give yourself some extra food somehow?

Do you protect yourself from predators (outside influences that may harm you) and diseases (inside conditions that will hurt you)?

Do you get enough water ~ literally (your body and brain won't work their best if you don't get enough water, which most people don't) and figuratively (the water of life)?

If you have carefully studied these questions and answered them, and carefully considered the answers you gave, you've met the challenge!

Reality Check: If You Were a Garden

If you were a garden, what kind of garden would you be?

Would you be a a welcome, restful retreat?

Would you be a colorful cottage garden ~ casual, friendly, and full of surprises?

Would you be a formal garden ~ symmetrical, predictable, sophisticated, regal?

Would you be sunny, cheerful, and fragrant?

Would you be chaotic, a catchall of color and form?

Full of weeds, briers, and thistles?

Would your plants be diseased and bug-eaten?

Think of yourself as a garden. What kind would you be in terms of your temperament, personality, character, appearance, manners, association with others, activities, behavior, etc. How would you describe yourself, as a garden?

If you were a garden what experience would others (including God) have as they visited your garden? Would you be ashamed to have others visit this garden ~ and inspect it closely?

Grab a few gardening books (with lots of pictures), or go walking through some gardens, and look at yourself while you look at them.

Think about this too: what kind of garden would you like to be?