Coach Mom Newsletter - JAN 2012
My one New Year’s resolution for 2012: to be
a button sender. When did I get this
epiphany? Yesterday when sitting in
Starbuck’s listening to my dear friend Nancy
tell a wonderful story.
One day Nancy received in the mail an
envelope with some buttons from a friend.
She included a note saying God had told her
to send the buttons. Nancy and her
husband got a good laugh out of it, and she
tossed the buttons in her sewing machine
drawer.
Years later, already having a son and
daughter, Nancy and Roy felt led to adopt a
girl they had been foster parenting. Though
their case worker discouraged them from
doing so, they pushed through all the
obstacles and were able to officially adopt
Rebecca six months later.
Friends were generous to pass on to them
clothes to outfit their new daughter. One
day Nancy pulled Rebecca’s overalls out of
the dryer to see they were missing a
button. Wait a minute! Could it be?
She rushed to her sewing machine, opened the
drawer
 and
pulled out the buttons she had received in
the mail years before. They were gold with
the words “SHOT GUN RIFLE” inscribed. An
exact match with the one on the overalls.
Years before Nancy had a need, God had
already provided. Through a friend who had
an ear turned toward God, and was willing to
do something that made no sense to her (or
Nancy) at the time.
Lord, please use me in 2012 as your
button sender. You know everything past,
present, and future and are always at work
to fulfill your purposes. It is a privilege
to be your servant, and one of my greatest
joys is to be involved in your work. I am
here at your call. May I follow you so
closely that I don’t miss one assignment.
Turn my eyes away from the worthless things
of this world and toward eternal things.
Tune my ears to the Holy Spirit’s whispered
promptings. May I be faithful to do all that
you call me to do, even if it sounds as
crazy as mailing buttons to a friend.
Astonish me and bring glory to yourself
through your great care of the detail of
your children’s lives. I praise your Holy
Name. Amen.
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Do you have a goal that seems overwhelming?
Maybe you can get it done by working on it a
little at a time. For example, would you
like to get some dressers organized? If you
commit to organizing just two drawers a day
for five days, you will have at least one
dresser organized in a week.
If that doesn’t work for you, you might do
better with a timer. Ask yourself if you can
spend 30 minutes a day chipping away at a
big project, knowing that when the timer
goes off each day, you’ve given yourself
permission to move on to something else.
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 No
need to avoid kiwis because they are hard
to peel! Just cut them in half and scoop
out with a spoon.
In a Rutgers
University study of the 27 most popular
fruits, kiwifruit was first. Just one
serving of kiwifruit contains more
potassium than a banana, the vitamin C
of two oranges and the fiber
in a bowl
of bran!
For more ideas on
healthy snacks, visit
Brenna's blog.
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What do a drowned cell phone, an
ambulance ride, poolside babes and a
full-ride Baylor scholarship have in
common?
Click here to find out!
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