Stewardship is for Everyone

Stewardship is for everyone but the idea must be nourished. It must be fed by education, understanding, and committment. With that in mind, why not start at Warner. Dr. T. open the doors to let the ideas flow and lets watch God work through it.

I'm game if you are.

How many people should write here?

The idea of a blog started a little as a personal diary open to all so people could comment and the ideas could grow from that participation. This idea evolved to one where many collaborators would post and all could post comments. Kris, would you think that this blog would benefit from the input of many bloggers? We could invite other friends and relatives so that we could be part of a greater community.
If you agree with this idea let me know so we can start inviting other people.

The Sierra Club

There are many organizations that are trying to save the environment, or at least trying to make everybody aware of the need to do things that are efficient and are withing the framework of sustainable practices. With technology today one of the things that is ease done is the sharing of this ideas. For example this video clip posted in youtube shows how easy it is to change a conventional shower head to one that uses less water around 2.5 galon per minute which would save lots of water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGXrlGWJ2XM


For for info about the Sierra Club go to: http://www.sierraclub.org/

Thanks so much for inviting me

Thanks Chris for inviting me to be part of your project! It is so nice for me to be able to write about stewardship. I will try to keep updating it as much as I can and will incorporate some of the ideas that as leader or facilitator of learning about "Environmentals Science" and "Environmental Studies" I'll be developing.
Hope all goes well with this project, who knows one day you might write a book!
God bless, and take care.

Stewardship for Endurance

The definition of stewardship is difficult and vague to ascertain. Any definition I've found seem to have a similar understandings: to manage, to assist, to take care of. So while some of us are off stewarding (gosh, is that a word) our own little world, who stewards us? Who stewards the mothers, the teachers, the counselors, the fathers, the ones who take care of everyone else? Unfortunately, the answer is no one in this world (we are all children of the Ultimate Steward). So what do we do now? Well, in all reality, we take a deep breath and get back at it.



My five year old gave me some amazing advice....when things get tough mommy, you stop, drop, and roll. Yes, it was a concept that I had taught my Sunday School class, but to recognize the implication in my own life was a little startling. First, we must stop before we get too deep into a situation. Assess, what are my needs and what do I need to give to make this goal happen. Then 'drop': drop to our knees and ask God for his grace, understanding, and protection to get through it. Then we roll: we roll on through with our plan of attack. According to my daughter - "it's really quite simple."



Then for those of use that are looking for options on the proverbial white knight to come and take care of us, well we need to keep looking. God provides everything that we need in our lives, and yes, life can feel overwhelming, but it's never more than we can handle.



So for the days that require our endurance to face the terrors of high gas prices, jobs that definately don't pay enough, a schedule that leaves no room for rest, a job that you can't decide where it came from, and managing everyone's needs before your own...stop, drop, and roll. God will take care of the fires, and He'll bring you through it: we just have to endure.

Peace.

Stewardship of the Heart

As I write this, I am asking God to give me the words to talk to one person and make a difference. I feel that God answered my question by leading me into the words that it is not all about the money, but it's more about the heart.

Yes, the tithing that we do as believers is important but we have been given stewardship over so much more than just that. The dictionary defines stewardship as "management of of that which we have been entrusted." So, as believers, what have we been entrusted with? We have been entrusted with the blessings of finance, the blessing of body, the blessing of home, and the blessings of the heart.

A great passion of mine is my children. I consider myself a steward of their hearts. What does that mean, to steward a heart? That means, that as their parent it is my job to nuture, to protect, to define, to educate, to shore-up, to build-up, their hearts and prepare them for adulthood. Basically, I am a steward of their developing spirit and steward of the beginning of their life in the Lord. As parents, we must take our role seriously in providing our children with the foundation that they will need as adults.

To make them strong adults we must be strong adults. That means that they must hear the word no - no you can't play playstation, no you can't go to his house with his parents not home, no you will not play sports with your grades like that. The other words that your children have to hear multiple times a day is "I love you" - I love you when you are silly, I love you when you are annoying, I love you when you screw up. A book that I read to my first born still resonates in my heart "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.

Families need to return to the ways of the past - time playing outdoors, time eating dinner together, family time, etc. Our youth are our future and they cannot be lost. May the Lord continue to steward your heart as He trusts you to steward the hearts of those He has entrusted to you.

Blessings to you in your day.