GCR Women

We started off this year talking about the value of reading and memorizing the Word of God.  We often judge the value of how we spend our time by what we get out of it - our return on investment.  This year, did you get a good return?  Did you end the year richer in the knowledge and understanding of God's Word than you started it?  Only you can say. Part of this year, I devoted more of myself and my time to God's Word; part of it, less.  I wish I had been more faithful and consistent.  But the year seemed to fly by.  I felt like I was running to catch up and never got there.  I'd tell myself:  "OK.  I'm going to get it together and when I do, I'm going to have daily time in the Word."  But I let things get in the way and never got it together. So what now?  I'd like to do better.  To do better, I have to make my actions match my desires.  So, rather than waiting to get my life perfectly in control and in order, ...

We did it!  We finally emptied out the storage unit we've been renting for about ten years.  It's taken us three separate Saturdays to accomplish it, but now, the unit is empty and swept clean.  We never have to go back there to search through all those boxes. Unfortunately, we didn't get rid of all the stuff.  Nope.  We just brought it home and put it in our garage. Yes, it's all still with me, right there close by in our garage, right where our cars should be. When it was at the storage unit, I could forget about it and just keep going happily about my life as if I didn't have a pile of unfinished work to do.  With it just a few steps away where I live, where I will see it all the time, will I keep on ignoring it?  Will I finally deal with it all?  I wish I'd taken the time to sort through it, keeping the good and discarding the junk, years ago.  If only I'd dealt with each item in every box right away instead of hiding it!  If on...