What Does "Praying the Office" Mean?

I love Father Tim of the Mitford books written by Jan Karon. And in one of the books, the author wrote about him praying the office. I didn't know what that meant.

I also loved our pastor at the time, Dr. C. And he would mention in sermons how he followed the Lectionary. I didn't know what that meant either.

But I was intrigued.

I hope to write a small series about what I learned.

Siesta Scripture Memory Team: Living Proof Ministries Blog, 5/1

This was my verse for April 15th:

Isaiah 54:4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

This is my verse for May 1st:

Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband—
the LORD Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.

This post at Study in Brown is very good....

See it here: Wanted: more mothers.

The world needs more mothers. Yes, it does.

It saddens me that our society has become so sexualized. I think it has skewed many women's concept of what they should be in the world.

Good, wholesome nurturing that cannot be misunderstood as sexual in any way can be achieved without being so prudish that you repel those who might need it.

We need to strive to be attractive without a hint of sexuality or provocativeness.

("Sexy" used to be a word that was only whispered and wasn't a compliment. Now, it is all over the place.)

If we are that way with the world--attractive without a hint of sexuality--, then what we share with our husbands will mean that much more to him because it is for him alone.

"Recognize the end point. Then end." How to reduce the amount of time you spend on the computer.

I was thinking about managing my time on the computer (and in other areas, too, but mainly the computer). It came to me just as I wrote it up there:

"Recognize the end point. Then end."

Recognize when I have finished the work I need to do on the computer. Then end my time there and move on to the next thing. I'll imagine my most police-like, authoritarian voice, and say to myself, "STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!"

How often I have lingered instead and thought of something to check:
a review of a book,
a new post on a favorite blog,
the news on my yahoo home page,
maybe I should request that book from the library?,
while I'm here, I will check my library account--anything overdue?,
my wish list at amazon,
what do others buy who bought the book on my wishlist at amazon?
new messages posted on my yahoo groups I belong to,
I should post a reply to that one,
any new emails?
oh, yeah, I need to respond to that email I got a couple of days ago...

Click, click, click and tick, tick, tick. Time passes; I am reading interesting stuff, good stuff, but I should have ended minutes ago.

I should be doing something else.

It is a skill that I hope to improve. Recognize the end point. Then end.

Like right now:

I've written. Reviewed. Edited. Re-read. Edited again. Re-read.

I'm done here. I'll post and then I will move away from the computer and on to my work in our home.

I will recognize the end point and end.

Motivation for change....

Beth Moore, in her blog, lpm, asked:

What motivates you most effectively?

My answer:

April 25, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Getting sick of the mess or sick of myself. Not just intellectually aware that I should be sick of it, but genuinely sick of it, often accompanied by queasy stomach.



Yes, I think that is what motivates me for change.