The Peter Principle is a concept which asserts that people will rise to their greatest level of incompetence. My husband, who was in the military for seven years, has seen this demonstrated often. It is a common occurrence within hierarchical organizations. An employee continues to be promoted because of their success at past jobs. Promotion…
Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people. (Colossians 3:23 CSB) One day I sat bitterly contemplating our plans for the weekend. Every activity consisted of commitments that would please other people, but not anything I particularly wanted to do. Said commitments weren’t even doing…
The other morning, I woke up a few minutes before my alarm sounded. In that moment of quiet, I immediately started going through my mental checklist for the day. I considered my schedule and my responsibilities, furiously attempting to figure out where every task fit and how it was going to get done. It turned…
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. (Colossians 3:23–24 ESV) The blinking cursor on the mostly empty document seemed to stare me down. I wrote a few (terrible) sentences, and then I promptly highlighted and deleted…