Just one more month of 2020! Are we the only ones counting down the days until the start of the new year and the end of this one?!
Thanksgiving was a good reminder to pause and turn our hearts away from complaining about covid, and instead, notice how kind the Lord has been. Even through frustrations and grief, He has remained constant, never leaving us or forsaking us, loving us as only He can.
Our prayer is that we will be able to say as Paul does in Romans 5:3-5, that:
We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
May God give us the grace, power, and willingness to rejoice in the sufferings of this year. If we will trust Him, He can use even 2020 to make us more like Him.
FEATURED RESOURCE
Instead of giving you the usual one featured resource this month, we decided to put together a list of recommendations for you as the Advent season approaches.
Here, you’ll find resources for yourself, your children, and even music to turn your heart toward Him this Christmas.
We hope you enjoy these Advent Recs!
LINKS WE LOVE
We hope you book club participants loved Hannah Anderson’s Made for More as much as we did, as well as the Q+A time we hosted this month with Hannah herself. If you haven’t been able to listen yet, click the link above to hear about:
– what image-bearing has to do with work
– why non-income-producing work is just as important as paid work
– the purpose of learning and knowledge
– how we can love our neighbor through our work
– how the providence of God works hand in hand with the sovereignty of God and why that matters regarding our work
>> WITHOUT CREDIBILITY, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LEAD
“Both personal and professional credibility are essential for the leader. The former is about character and integrity. The latter is about execution and faithfully and skillfully doing one’s job.”
Read more from Eric Geiger at this link.
>> STORIES THAT WILL HELP YOUR KIDS LOVE WORK
“Kids don’t seem to mind thinking about work. Not even hard work. It often captures the imagination and commands the respect of the youngest of hearts and minds to hear a story of overcoming work. Kids pretend to be firefighters, doctors, athletes, construction workers, parents, and superheroes because they enjoy thinking about work…
Here are some favorite books and stories in our home that you might enjoy reading with the little ones in your life.”
>> HOW CAN I SHOW NEIGHBORLY LOVE AT WORK?
“I work in an office where everyone is busy with pressing matters—there isn’t a lot of down time to chat or build robust relationships. In that context, what are concrete ways I can love my neighbor at work?”
Mary C. Wiley gives some practical answers in this link.
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