Court....from 9 am til 6 pm?!

Okay...I thought leaving my house at 9 am to make it in time for an 11 am juvenile court hearing would be HALF my day...or even 3/4s. HA! I did not get home til 6 pm. And what do I have now? A sweet boy who is staying in our home as a ward of the state - AND - a fistful of court appointments. Paternity, mediation, home visits from agencies and a guardian ad litem, and more court hearings. Not to mention the almost hourly calls from a confused and frustrated bio mom. However - he IS worth it.

Needless to say, I did not make the second book study meeting at Panera. I am thinking an every other week on Mondays might work out better....for all THREE of us.

The Too-Busy Book: CHAPTERS 1 & 2

Skip the Acknowledgements if you like - but - don't skip the Intro...I like it!

Chapter 1: Amazed by Love

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  In what specific ways is my life busy right now? In what ways is my life fruitful?
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  Am I too busy? Why have I answered with yes, or why have I answered with no?
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  In what specific ways might I become less busy and more fruitful?
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  Where and when in the past might God have "interfered" in love? How did I respond?

Journal starters...

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  When I consider the ways I hold God's love at arm's length and try to earn it by performing, I feel...
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  The thought that God loves me enough to allow pain when He deems it necessary for my development makes me feel...
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  When I think about some of the steps I might take to become less busy and more fruitful, I feel...

Chapter 2: Daily Bread

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  Do my time choices feel like a curse or a blessing?
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  Do I have an hour or more each day to do whatever I want to, or is my life choked with obligations?
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  In what ways do I routinely violate my God-ordained physical and mental boundaries? Do I, for example, not get enough sleep, eat too much food, expose myself to too much stimulation, or refuse myself the necessary downtime?
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  What makes it hard for me to trust God to meet all my needs?

Journal starters...

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  When I think about God as Provider in my life, I feel...
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  When I compare the amount of my work time to my downtime, I feel...
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  When I think about working "rationally and reasonably," I feel...

*HOPING TO READ SOME THOUGHT-PROVOKING and/or ENLIGHTENING COMMENTS!

UPDATE! Two delightful ladies met with me at Panera and it was a blissful two hours of comfortable conversation.

First Book Study!

Ready ladies?! Oh....I AM!

Plan to meet at the Panera Bread closest to ME

(email offerhope@gmail.com for the location if you do not already know it)

on Monday, June 21st from 7 to 9. (I think the close at 9 pm.)

I will bring my daughter's little laptop so we can check out any comments left on that week's post.

Speaking of which...please read Chapters 1 and 2 before we meet so we can talk about it. I know there are questions at the end of each chapter. We can discuss those and just let our conversations be led where God desires. (Which - of course - we will have to resist the natural desire to dabble in idle chatter the WHOLE time....grin!)