A Deeper Life: Two Birds. One Stone.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Two Birds. One Stone.

First of all, take a look at these cute cuties:

From left to right is Abbey, Me, Lila and Casey. (Loving Abbey's silly face!) I had the pleasure of eating dinner at Jason's Deli with these girlies and their mamas last night and it was such a fun evening. These girls were in my class this year and I miss their faces incredibly. I also miss daily conversation with their mamas, so we all thought it'd be fun to get together and have a play date :) So glad we did that! All you other ACP families, I'd love to see your sweet babies again! So glad we got together, Erika and Rachel! Thanks for the invite :)

Two Birds. One Stone.

I'm a huge fan of multitasking. Here are a few examples of how I multitask:

Brushing my teeth while locking the doors in the house at night
Blow drying my hair while doing lunges
Doing a load of laundry and a load of dishes
Walking Leia and talking on the phone
Watching TV while doing crunches
Kickboxing class and hanging out with Claire

I love doing 2 things at 1 time! Love it! Many of my multitasks involve exercise. It's a great way to do two things at once. One thing I started doing about two weeks ago is going on walks in the morning while it's under 95* and listening to sermons. I realized how much I missed listening to Pastor Craig Groeschel from lifechurch.tv so I used my brain and decided to go back and listen to his recent sermons. Let me tell you something. I love waking up in the morning, knowing I'm going to hear an excellent sermon. I love going on walks and wish that his sermons were longer because I love hearing great teaching to start my day.

I've got to be honest with you, when I was teaching, I'd skip days and even whole weeks without having a quiet time with the Lord because I "didn't have time". That's BS, my dears. Total bull. We always have time for something if we want to make time for it. So I started combining 2 things that I love to do and want to do and need to do on a daily basis. I love working out. I love listening to sermons. I love hearing God's word. So I combined the two. Easy.

How many of you have smart phones? (Many hands are up.) How many of you have an iPod? (Most hands are up.) Smart phone people, guess what? You can go on the internet, type in a church and I can pretty much guarantee that you can get the sermons instantly. That's what I've done with Life Church sermons. I type it in. There's a button that says "Watch". I click that and then choose the sermon I want to listen to. And there ya go.

If you have iTunes, go to the iTunes store, type in the church or Pastor you want to listen to and download the free podcasts. Well it better be free or else you're looking for a pastor with the wrong intentions. Download those podcasts right to your iPod then you instantly have sermons that you can listen to whenever you want...

In the car
At the gym
On a walk
While you're getting ready in the morning
Cleaning the house
Working in the garden
Cooking

And more! Get creative and find out ways that you can get in the Word and here God-breathed scripture on a daily basis!

Here are some of the podcasts I enjoy:

Dr. Steve Gaines from Bellevue Baptist Church
Craig Groeschel from Lifechurch.tv
David Platt from The Church at Brook Hills

That's all I've listened to recently, but if you have any you enjoy with solid teaching from the Bible, please share with A Deeper Life! We'd love to know. I'd love to know!

I hope this comes as an encouragement to you all. I'm learning how to grow spiritually just as I hope you are as well. We should never be fully grown in our walks with Christ, but always growing. Let's grow together.

As a side note, I know what Leia is going to be for Halloween this year.