2010 June 08

danger detour ahead

June 8, 2010 · by Penny · 1 Comment

Wouldn’t it be great if God put a huge neon sign in front of us that said DANGER DETOUR AHEAD every time we thought about straying off the straight and narrow path? In a way He does, but it is in the form of the Holy Ghost inside us. Problem is many folks ignore Him, and His nudging.

The other day we were driving to the park for a picnic and decided to take a short cut we often take. Last time we went down that road they were doing roadwork and so had a mandatory detour. So figuring I knew where the detour was going to take us I directed a right turn. Problem was that they had moved farther an down the road and moved the blocked off section. So the detour route was different. We could have gotten completely lost if we hadn’t been in familiar territory. That is the problem with detours, they can sometimes get you really lost.

The straight and narrow path of God has no sinkholes or places that need new pavement or repair, so there are no mandatory detours. Only the ones we ourselves get sidetracked with. His road is safe, as I shared with a confused woman the other day, keep your eyes focused on the very middle of His road, don’t even look to what is on the right or the left. Don’t risk getting lost.

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Matthew 7:13-14

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toddlers and crayons :)

June 8, 2010 · by Penny · Leave a Comment

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Glidden. All opinions are 100% mine.

Doesn’t my title about say it all? My dear grandbaby is now a toddler. How did that happen? I found this cute little crayon wheel last week at the dollar store and of course bought one for her. It has chubby crayons all around a wheel so they have about 6 colors all at once. But then after I already bought it I thought, “Oh my goodness I am a grandma, what have I done” my mommy instincts clicked in and I thought who in their right mind would give a toddler a crayon, it will end up on the wall! But then again it looked like such fun!

Well Glidden to the rescue! Not only do they have incredible paint anyway, but now they have Glidden Paint Testers. Paint testers are small paint bottles with a brush attached to the lid. They are great for what they say they are, testing a color, but alas they also save us grandmas! They can be used to touch up and paint over little crayon indiscretions . You can get these paint testers at Home Depot and believe me they are handy. Much more handy that a half full paint can that can sometimes make more of a mess than it prevents. They also have XL paint chips and to help you decide they have the www.Glidden.com Room Painter, you can try it out here be careful not too get too carried away though, it is more fun that drawing on the walls with a crayon.

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tackle it Tuesday

June 8, 2010 · by Penny · Leave a Comment

We have a very very busy month, and so far I am doing alright but I know I am forgetting things. We have hay to cut and normal summer farm things and we also have a well known missionary coming to our church for which I get to organize. June is also my Mom’s birthday, she is no longer here, and my parents anniversary date, so there are emotional hurdles there as well. I miss them and on days that I would call them to say something special I miss them even more.

So I can sit by scatterbrained or I can get organized. My Tuesday Tackle this week is to tackle a to-do list. doesn’t my little graphic to the right just make you want to list things? At the beginning of the month I start a master to-do list for the month. It has several sections or sublists. I list all the bills by date due. I list budget goals. I list family to do things. I list events. I list items needed for that month. I list a honey do list for honey since he wants that. I list blogging plans and bookstore plans. I list ministry tasks I have such as planning for the event later this month. I list a weekly plan list each week. I list errands to be run for each week. Wow makes you tired just hearing about it. But this way I can sleep at night knowing where to pick back up the next day. It can scatter your brain when you have too many things to do and don’t know where to start. So, what are you tackling this Tuesday?

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