"Household management expert Don Aslett writes,
“We’ve all heard the ideas and quotes of “the famous” on management. But where do the best, most original, easiest to understand, easiest to apply, most effective and inexpensive ideas come from? Right from home and the neighborhood. A good 80% of the management skills used even in business are taught and learned AT HOME from family and friends, around the house and playground, not on a campus anywhere. Formal education might further develop and rename a few of these systems, but the real fountainhead and finishing school of top management is the home.”
I think his idea is on target. The best way to learn good time management skills is being around those who have them. This is one reason why Titus chapter 2 instructs the older women to teach the younger women to be “keepers at home.”
What clear instructions those are for a young household executive to learn her trade well so she can best redeem the time.
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"A January 2005 article in Time magazine reported today’s average internet user spends 3 hours online each day. That is a huge chunk of time: 21 hours a week, 88 hours a month, 1,095 hours each year online.
I believe Christians should take advantage of the internet. Our ministry has put a lot of time and energy into creating a website with tons of free resources for Christians who are serious about making the best use of their time. But sometimes I wonder if we’re not getting too much of a good thing. One reason I wonder that, is because time spent in one activity always comes at the expense of time spent on another activity.
If the three hours of internet are spent learning and producing something at the expense of three hours of frivolous TV that’s great. But, the Time article also found that each hour of internet use reduces face-to-face contact with family members by 23.5 minutes.
Remember; be sure your internet time is redeeming the time.
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"If you knew that today would be the last day of your life, what would be the number one thing on your priority list for today? That question, as much as any I know, reveals what is, or at least what should be, our top priority.
Take a moment to really thoughtfully consider this question. For many of us the answer would be sharing the Gospel with a loved one who doesn’t know the Lord. Others would say, “I have unconfessed sin in my life that I need to get right with God before I go out into eternity.” Maybe there is someone you have wronged and never asked for forgiveness or offered to make restitution. Do you want to leave this world with that testimony behind you? If today were your last, would you be pleased with the expressions of love you have made to your spouse or children?
Remember, if you treat every day as your last, someday you’ll be right. That’s why you should redeem the time.
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"The personnel director knew he had made a mistake when he reviewed the health insurance application for his new employee and saw the following information:
Date of Birth: January 12, 1978
Weight: 6 pounds, 10 ounces
Height: 20 inches
That personnel director probably took some quick action to begin looking for a replacement. Yet that’s something that is hard for many Christians to do when we have a bad employee, contractor, or other individual we’re doing business with. The Bible teaches us to be patient with the weak, like the person I just mentioned. But it does not command us to overlook slothfulness. In fact, the opposite is true.
God’s cure for laziness is cutting off the food supply. First Timothy says, “If any would not work, neither should he eat.” When either government or individuals feed a person who refuses to work, they violate this commandment by shielding them from hunger, which is the one thing that could make a lazy person redeem the time.
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