{"id":12423,"date":"2015-02-12T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/?p=12423"},"modified":"2015-02-11T21:49:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T03:49:19","slug":"diligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/diligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Diligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning I dropped my mother off at the door of the church auditorium so she could head on in to Ladies Bible class while I parked the car. When I got to my spot between pews, oh, about 4 and 5, on the left side of the auditorium, my ladies just about filled two rows. As usual, I took off my shoes and sat on the back of pew #4 with my feet on the padded seat of pew #5. We have small classrooms where we could meet, but this is where the ladies were sitting when I started teaching; and we&#8217;ve just stayed. I decided on this\u00a0teaching posture because I like to be close to them. It works, though I admit that I am sometimes a bit stiff after an hour of that stance.<\/p>\n<p>We always begin class with prayer requests. Our church secretary comes in just long enough to write them all down for the Sunday church bulletin and then we start class. The ladies enjoy visiting with each other so much that we never start on time. I just let them talk for a while; and then, when I can get in a word, we start the prayer requests. I am always sorry\u00a0to stop their visiting.<\/p>\n<p>We had several serious\u00a0prayer requests yesterday, including one for a woman named Ann and her husband. I don&#8217;t know either of them but Ann grew up here. We needed to pray for this couple\u00a0because Ann&#8217;s husband&#8217;s health\u00a0has gotten to the point that she\u00a0is no longer able to care for him by herself. Do you know\u00a0how long he has been sick? Forty years.<\/p>\n<p>In our study time we continued \u00a0in Romans 12, including verse 11:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>. . .\u00a0not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord . . .<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not lagging behind in diligence&#8221; \u00a0&#8212; Ann could teach us something about that!<\/p>\n<p>I believe home\u00a0is an excellent place to learn diligence. Homeschooling mothers can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be an example of diligence in the way they live every day in front of their children, and<\/li>\n<li>Give their children the opportunity to experience the joy that comes from following through and seeing tasks through all the way until they are completely finished.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yesterday when\u00a0I was thinking about what picture I might include to illustrate diligence, I remembered this tea\u00a0towel that was in my laundry. I embroidered it when I was a young\u00a0girl. Mother gave me the opportunity, the towel, the thread, and the instruction. A task as simple as embroidering a tea\u00a0towel can teach a child what it feels like to finish something.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12422\" src=\"https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blog-Cup-towel-010-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Cup towel 010\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blog-Cup-towel-010-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blog-Cup-towel-010-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blog-Cup-towel-010-760x570.jpg 760w, https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blog-Cup-towel-010-518x388.jpg 518w, https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blog-Cup-towel-010-82x61.jpg 82w, https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blog-Cup-towel-010-131x98.jpg 131w, https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blog-Cup-towel-010-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blog-Cup-towel-010.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As parents we give our children many kinds of precious possessions. The gift of diligence will pave their way to obtain more joys and blessings than we could ever give them ourselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A lazy man does not roast his prey, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>But the precious possession of a man is diligence.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Proverbs 12:27, NASB<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning I dropped my mother off at the door of the church auditorium so she could head on in to Ladies Bible class while I parked the car. 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