Take Ten in '10, Week 31 Reading Schedule

Schedule for August 2 - 8, 2010

Monday, August 2nd

II Chronicles 35, 36

Revelation 20, 21

Tuesday, August 3rd

Isaiah 1, 2

Revelation 22

Wednesday, August 4th

Isaiah 3-5

Proverbs 1

Thursday, August 5th

Isaiah 6-8

Proverbs 2

Friday, August 6th

Isaiah 9, 10

Proverbs 3, 4

Saturday, August 7th

Isaiah 11-13

Proverbs 5

Sunday, August 8th

No reading scheduled today. Finish any that were missed.

Ministry MATTERS

Are you a Christian who feels like you should be doing more to help spread the gospel of Jesus Christ but you don't know where to begin?

Do you feel that you'd do something if you only had more time, energy, and money, or fewer commitments, debts, and people draining your resources?

Yeah, me too.

I've been praying about this. I have the desire to do more for my Lord and have been taking inventory of the resources I have at hand. I don't have much, but I do have this blog. I think that it is time for it to start earning its keep and I don't mean by monetizing for my own personal gain.

What would happen if we teamed up and combined our efforts through this blog?

I'd like to adopt a ministry each month and challenge us (that's you and me together) to pledge a bit of money to it. It doesn't need to be great amounts of money because what YOU give and what I give will be combined to what the LORD gives and we already know about his ability to multiply resources like loaves and fishes. Imagine what He can do with a bit of pocket change!

Here are the rules of participation:

1. I'll pick a ministry on the first Monday of each month.
2. You leave me a comment stating that you will be sending $$ (minimum donation is $1) to that ministry.
3. I will pledge $1 to the designated ministry for each person who leaves a comment naming their pledge, with my own pledge limited to $100 a month. (100 comments = $100 given by Karabeth Baptist Homeschool to that month's Ministry MATTERS recipient, 25 comments = $25 given by KBH, etc.)
4. Each person who leaves a pledge (limit 1 pledge per person, not per household) will be entered in a drawing for an appropriate gift as a reward for participating. The winner will be randomly selected at noon Eastern Standard Time (or EDST) on the last Monday of each month.
5. I will not be collecting the pledges or checking with the recipient to see if you paid. If you neglect to pay your pledge you will answer to God, but not to me. All pledges are to be mailed directly to the named ministry.

I hope you'll prayerfully consider participating.

I'll see you next Monday with our first Ministry MATTERS recipient!

Take Ten in '10, Week 30 Reading Schedule

Schedule for July 16 - August 1, 2010

Monday, July 26th

II Chronicles 22-24

Revelation 9

Tuesday, July 27th

II Chronicles 25, 26

Revelation 10, 11

Wednesday, July 28th

II Chronicles 27, 28

Revelation 12, 13

Thursday, July 29th

II Chronicles 29, 30

Revelation 14, 15

Friday, July 30th

II Chronicles 31, 32

Revelation 16, 17

Saturday, July 31st

II Chronicles 33, 34

Revelation 18, 19

Sunday, August 1st

No reading scheduled today. Finish any that were missed.

Change Can Sometimes Be Painful

I love rearranging furniture to fit a mood or function. Small changes can make a big difference! Sometimes worn out things find themselves in the trash (like the swivel rocker that surprised more than one guest by flipping over backward with the occupant).

I've only seen my rearranging efforts backfire once. Several years ago, the family cat went blind and I wasn't aware of that fact. She still maneuvered through our house with ease except for the occasional bump on the head when the dishwasher door was open. And she still caught mice.

All was well until the day I rearranged the living room furniture. The poor feline launched herself into the air expecting to land on a plump couch cushion. Instead, she bounced off the hard shelves of my knick-knack cabinet. Change was definitely painful for our kitty but she soon learned where to find her way to the couch again. And she soon got over losing her favorite swivel chair when it was sent curbside.

I'm currently making some changes here on the blog, too. Hopefully, nothing so painful that you stop dropping by for a visit. But if you hit your head on a hard shelf instead of a comfy couch cushion, metaphorically speaking, I hope you will realize that there is a purpose behind these changes other than just hormonal mood-swings (which should be reason enough, I'll admit).

My blind cat learned to adapt to changes and I trust that all of us will also. I promise that most of the comfortable things will still be here. And I'll try not to make the process too painful for any of us.