Forbearance
Faith
Fairness
Forgiveness
Friendliness
Monday, July 10, 2006
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Beauty Prescription #2: A noble character
It shows--—and it is rather becoming.
Love, compassion . . . purity, the peace of God are visible in our eyes.
Our thoughts, and our character, are reflected by our faces.
It affects the way we walk, the way we talk, the things we do. It affects the way we dress, the way we take care of ourselves.
And how much better it looks than greedy eyes, a contempuous look, smirks and constant frowns, careless and vulgar speech, immodest attire, habits and manners that prove that darkness and selfishness and filth are all we have ever known.
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
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Virtues in Action!
It's time to get practical! Well, it's all practical, but it's time for our virtues to get their hands dirty. K? Or clean, as the case may be. In this case I think it must be a little of both, 'cause we're doing laundry!
These are some virtues I thought of that we need for the job of laundry (there are probably a lot more).
Perseverance--—for the never-ending nature of laundry.
Love--—You need a good dose of this when your family members neglect to pick up their dirty clothes, neglect to clean out their pockets (can you hear me growling here?), neglect to put their clean laundry away. . . and get clean and dirty clothes mixed up so you have to wash the clean ones again.
Patience--—And patience goes right along there with it!
Faithfulness--—Faithfulness has a lot to do with any chore, but especially with chores like laundry that tend to get neglected (and be disliked). Of all of the housekeepers I know, laundry is the most complained about chore! Alas, it must be done. Personally, I kind of like the chore, but it is a big job. I do my family's laundry and I try to be faithful with it (speaking of which . . . ).
Friday, May 26, 2006
Some ways NOT to make yourself available
Tell everybody that you are available.
Constantly make comments about your single status.
Complain because no one is paying any attention to you.
Be overly friendly to eligible men.
Associate with eligible men while avoiding or ignoring other people.
Chase men.
Make a practice of inviting eligible men to dinner or parties just to check them out.
Accept undue or inappropriate attentions from a man.
Talk too much.
Be pushy or insistent.
Be or act desperate.
Be too quick to jump into a relationship.
Lower your standards or otherwise accept whatever you can get.
Look at every eligible man as a potential husband (or date).
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