Slow Down, You Move Too Fast – Part 3

In Slow Down, You Move Too Fast – Part 2, I talked about the secondary gain that a person gets from being too busy; namely, being busy allows us to put off things that we don’t want to do, some of which would be helpful in the long run but might make us vulnerable and [...]

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Slow Down, You Move Too Fast – Part 2

After reading yesterday’s post, did you come up with anything that you were putting off by staying too busy? I know I can think of a couple.
Drs. Les and Leslie Parrot consider this a “secondary gain”: being busy gives us freedom to put off things that are pressing but that will take more time and [...]

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Slow Down, You Move Too Fast

Overworked, underpaid; overscheduled, underappreciated.
Over the next few days, we are going to look at the perils of busyness and how to overcome or at least reduce it in our own lives.
In the time you would have spent reading a longer post, contemplate these words from Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott found in Christian Counseling Today:

But [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 2

As the challenge continues, remember these ground rules:

You can’t say anything negative about your husband . . . to your husband . . . or to anyone else, about your husband.
Say something that you admire or appreciate about your husband. . . to your husband . . . and to someone else, about your husband!

30-Day [...]

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30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge: Day 1

NOTE: In September 2008, this was changed from a Friday Focus to a regular post. All posts can be found by clicking here or on 30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge category in the sidebar.
The entire 30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge is also available in pdf format. You may get it by requesting it when you [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 1

NOTE: In September 2008, this was changed from a Friday Focus to a regular post. All posts can be found by clicking here or on 30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge category in the sidebar.
Today starts a new series for women. 
Because weekends often give us more time to focus on our marriage, this 30-Day Husband Encouragement [...]

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