Tag: abilities

Unfinished Business

Jennifred Jones

This is  a sequel to the earlier post on procrastination.

I have spent toooo much of my life procrastinating and am constantly assessing WHY??

So this thought has been twirling in my mind.

Around the house have been several piles (unfinished projects) sitting for months and every time I see them it bothers me, so I put off dealing with them again and go on to something else….but they’re still there!!! Still in the back of my mind, still there causing a slight stress, because I know I should be doing something with them.

Last weekend, a repairman was coming and I didn’t want those things laying around, casting a bad image on my housekeeping abilities, haha, so it forced me into action! I made some quick decisions and got busy.

Afterwards things looked so much better, I felt so much better, those things were crossed off my subconscious stressor list, and I was ready to dive into the next project.

I began to examine how a seemingly insignificant bit of unfinished business was causing me to procrastinate in other areas of my life… sort of a kink going on that affected other areas.

So I ask you what I asked me. Is there something you need to finish or take care of first so you can proceed with your life.

The Value of You

Jennifred Jones

I have no worth, I have no value, there is nothing important or needed about me.

Too many people have said this about themselves, me included!

We have to keep things in perspective.

I didn’t bake you a birthday cake because it had no value, was nothing important or unneeded…It was baked with a plan in mind to help you have a happy birthday!

The all important toilet paper was not made because there was no value, nothing important or unneeded. We could all do without it….just use a leaf like our forefathers did!

Would I say the YMCA where many work out has no value or worth, it’s not important or needed? We could just run up and down the stairs 15 times a day or walk around the block on a below zero day for 2 miles.

These ideas are crazy because we have seen the value of what they provide and how they improve our lives!

You were not put on this earth as someone with no value, not needed or unimportant. Every single person is needed. Every single one needs to bring their best skills, talents and abilities to the front, to benefit not only themselves, but others.

We’ve got to give up all this unworthiness stuff and start functioning at a higher level.

There are all kinds of needs in the world…even right where you live, and you’ve got what it takes to help at least one of them.

Everything God placed on the earth has value and is needed…you are highest on His list!

Begin to truly value yourself and see what happens.

Stay Fit! Stay Motivated!

Jennifred Jones

God has a good plan for your life. He has a good plan for mine.

Reading in Galatians a while back, (I personally think every Christian should read the book of Galatians several times each year to stay balanced between doing works versus believing God), anyway I read how God sent Paul to talk to the Gentiles, (me) and Peter to talk to the Jews, so that everyone would have the opportunity to hear that God was interested in them, loved them and wanted them to turn to Him so He could lead, guide and direct them, so He could bless their lives and all that they did so the rest of the world would see there is a God in heaven.

I noticed it said in the Amplified version, (one of my favorite versions since it is so descriptive) that God ‘fit’ Paul, and He ‘fit’ Peter for the work He sent them to do.

Furthermore, it says He ‘motivated’ Paul and He ‘motivated’ Peter concerning that work.

Of course I had to stop and ponder that for a while to get the full meaning.  Here’s the verse so you can look at it too:

8 For He Who motivated and fitted Peter and worked effectively through him for the mission to the circumcised, motivated and fitted me and worked through me also for [the mission to] the Gentiles. Galatians 2 AMP

This is what I get out of it: God makes us fit, gives us the capabilities, strengths, and abilities to do certain things….so some things seem to come ‘naturally’ to us more so than other things, or to other people.

Then He motivates us: He gives us the desire to want to do something, or many somethings because He wants to have them done and we were made (fit) to do that job, i.e. It suits us perfectly. And so… many times we have an idea to do something great and good, and we think, “Well, that’s just me, that’s stupid. That could never happen.” And we shove it aside. When in reality, if it isn’t anything wrongful, it’s probably the leading of God on your life. So we just might want to take a step forward and see if God grants us success with it and if He does, then we know it was Him all along!

I’ve also heard we need to ‘give ourselves to our gifts’. In other words, after we find an area we are good at and it’s something we like to do, we need to ‘grow it’. Develop it, research about it, study about it, use it, get familiar with it– so we can develop it to the MAX, and get the full benefit out of it, so that many others can benefit from it too!

Think about it, and don’t be afraid to try!