Note from Mrs. B: I changed the title to this post because I want to include another link to another great post by a Titus 2 lady named Glenys.
It's a post about right priorities and it is called. 'Who Gets the First-Fruits of You?'
Here is the first paragraph:
This probably is a silly sounding title for a post, but what I am asking is: who gets the cream off the top of the milk when it comes to getting the best from you? We are so many things to so many people that we can at times be spread quite thin and we can find that we are giving the first-fruits of ourselves to people, projects and things that do not deserve first place in our life's priorities. Because we are so many things to so many people, and we only have so many hours in our day to be that special person, I have to ask: who really gets the best of you? God? Husband? Children? Home? friends? extended family? work? or church? Is your best given to those who do not truly benefit from your best? Are you so bound up in cleaning your house that you forget to play with your babies? Are you so busy spinning your wheel that your husband gets the dregs of your best self at the end of a busy day? Did you hit the floor running this morning and forget to have some time with the LORD? and do you fall into bed exhausted and strangely discontented and frustrated because you haven't accomplished half of what you set out to do today and you feel out of control? I have been there- and still am sometimes.
Please go over and read the rest of this tremendous post.
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One of my favourite blogs is 'Homeliving Helper'. Today Lady Lydia wote a post called 'Developing Good Family Relationships'. The post is long but worth the read. Here is one paragraph that I really liked:
Learning to look on the good side of each other, was to prepare us for many things in life. One thing that it does in adult life is this: Someone tells you what a rotten, stinking, horrible person you are, and you don't respond in kind, neither do you defend yourself. You may ask them to stop, but it is up to them. You don't hound them down and insist on an apology or make them repent. Instead, you forgive them before it escalates and before you get bitter. What they do, is up to them. During their bitter outbursts, you think, "I understand these accusations. Sometimes I do that, myself. "
I encourage you to go and read the rest of the post......it is loaded with practical advice and Biblical principles.
