Even if it was just entirely too hot for this winter person and even if I was a touch sleep deprived for most of it, July was a good month. It was productive in all the things…or at least most of the things. I think I’ve shared before about my overadventurous weekly to-do lists of For the Journey tasks that there’s no possible way I can complete in a week’s time. This month, however, there was actually one week that I did complete all the items with an asterisk out beside them marking them as top priority, and I counted that as a win.
There were a few orders this month, and they were delivered in fancy new packaging that makes me smile. (Okay, so fancy might not be the right adjective, but it is a serious upgrade from a plastic grocery sack.)
There were also three short devotional posts for the Facebook page, and even though I really did work on more than just teen lessons from Mark during the month, unintentionally, all of the Facebook posts came from Mark lessons. Speaking of the Facebook page, the Monday morning verses for July came from lessons from 1 Samuel, and the trivia fun focused on one of my favorite Bible characters–Ananias (but not the one who was married to Sapphira).
July’s 30-Day Devotional highlight came from my eighth 30-day study “From the Master’s Teachings,” and the devotional I selected for the highlight focuses on forgiveness. Keep scrolling after this post to read it if you missed it.
I also made pretty good progress on my next Bible study guide this month. I’m starting to get excited and hope I might have that ready to offer soon. I made significantly less progress but still some progress on my next 30-Day Devotional. It might be ready next July. No, hopefully, it won’t be that long, but we’ll see…
There was also a lot of typing and some proofing and editing, but that pretty much covers July. It was busy, and it went by fast, but it was good. God abundantly blessed me in that, during most of my writing time this month, the words flowed smoothly, and that’s always special. It’s not that there aren’t blessings when I feel like I’m literally having to fight for every single word because there are, but the writing is definitely more fun when I’m not crossing out line after line and crumbling up papers. So, I’m grateful for smooth writing in July and can’t wait to see what August holds.
For the Journey Literature 