For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: - Ecclesiastes 3:1 As important as perseverance, determination, and hard work are a part of working from home--an even more important trait might very well be knowing when to move on. As I mentioned before--you might have to try several times before you find something that works for you, before you find your niche and have success. Stepping away can be so hard though. When you've poured money, time, sweat, tears and more into getting a business up off the ground moving on can be heartbreaking. If you're like me you pour your heart into anything you do so when it flops it's so easy to beat yourself up about it--to take it personally and think that maybe if you just work a little harder it will finally succeed. And maybe it will--but only you know if it will be worth the cost. As I mentioned before I got my big introduction into the work at home world by doing scrap-for-hire. It didn't take me too long … [Read more...]
What Does Loving Your Enemies Look Like
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; - Matthew 5:44 This is one of those Bible verses that you are probably all too familiar with if you're a Christian or grew up in church. It is definitely one of the very hardest to actually live out though! Many times figuring out how to change a Bible verse from something that sounds great on paper into something that is actually liveable is extremely hard to do. And this is one of those tricky verses--Jesus taught it and lived it-but he also spoke the truth without mincing it--especially to people like the scribes and pharisees. Lately I've been pondering this verse and wondering what it looks like in today's world. As we were studying this passage for my Bible study I had a situation happen that I felt portrayed it pretty well. As you might know I live in Boston, MA and the driving up here is crazy. I … [Read more...]
Twisted Holidays
I just read a blog post that really got me thinking. It was about the fact that a site that promotes affairs (for women) gets a huge boost in numbers immediately after Mother's Day. Ouch. The author went on to talk about the fact that women so often twist Mother's Day to being about themselves as Mother's--rather than their OWN mothers. Why is it that holidays and special days so often and so easily result in disappointment and upsetting days? I think that our sin nature-aided on by our Me, Myself, and I culture affect our thinking and result in us having hyped up viewpoints of what we deserve and what should happen. Then when things don't play out the way we think they should we end up upset, and feeling left down. Believe me...I'm pointing four fingers right back at myself because I have had this play out in my own life more than once! But why should Mother's Day be what being a Mom is all about? Would it just make sense that the kids would fight, the coffee would spill, that … [Read more...]
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