I don't know how I did this, but I finished not one
but TWO books in the first 2 weeks of new baby's life!
Really, I know how I did it....
I read them on my Kindle for iPhone app.
Greatest invention EVER for moms who are up at night.
So like I told you in this post, I have a summer reading list.
I read this book because several of my friends have read it and recommended it.
I also read it because Bloom Book Club did a series of videos with the author, Jenn Hatmaker
And I love reading books through with Bloom Book Club.
I am not an endorser of prosperity gospel nor am I an endorser of poverty gospel.
I believe there is a balance between the two that honors Christ.
I think it is incredible the "fast" journey that God took Jenn Hatmaker and her "Council" of seven girlfriends through.
I appreciate greatly her honest raw heart through this work and her ability to not "pin" this as a must for every reader. She truly allows room for God to speak to the individual reader in areas of excess. I believe her thoughts and words to be deep and personally heart felt.
I believe there are areas where her words can pierce deep into the hearts of the American church family.
I also believe there are times that she draws huge lines in the sand and groups every American church into one category and those parts I don't necessarily agree with her but I can still appreciate her work.
I believe we all live in excess. I believe I live in excess.
But I also believe that we each can channel our excess to something beyond ourselves.
And that process will look different for each individual.
I DO BELIEVE there are American church families who are giving to causes greater than themselves.
I love this experiment. I think God can personally tailor it for your life.
What My Seven Looks Like:
Food: Shop at Aldi for a month. What I save in groceries each week will not go into savings or eating out envelope, but will go to Nothing But the Truth Food Pantry. At the end of the month I will take my kids to the store and buy with what we saved for kids in our county (who without school in session) have nothing to eat for the day.
Clothes: Clean out my and my husband's closet and give to a local church's Clothing Closet. I usually just donate to Good Will but Jenn encourages you to give to a cause. I know this local church has a great ministry and I am thrilled to take our excess in.
Possessions: We recently moved and I have a lot of stuff in the basement that I have not gone through and organized.
Stuff that I know I could sell in a garage sale but feel compelled to give toConexion 1040 (an organization that was birthed in the hearts of some of our dear friends).
One thing I am most excited about is giving my daughter's baby bedding to a family
who will deliver a baby girl end of July.Can't wait to write our the story behind her bedding and the JOY it gives me to pass it along.
Media: Don't be on Internet while my children are awake.
I'll admit this is going to be hard....but I need and want to be present with them for the moments I have been given.
Waste: Buy a larger trash can for our recycle items.
We are great at recycling but lately it is running over and we need a bigger bin.
Use more plastic containers and less ziplocks to store food.
Spending: I just need to be better all around with my Dave Ramsey envelope system.
I have to make it a point to go to the bank and divide up the cash. I CAN DO IT!
Stress: NO PHONES at the dinner table, kids bed times, kids dates, or family worship nights.
We have a lot going on right now with some real estate properties and it feels like the phone always rings at these crucial moments with our children.
They need to see my husband and I present in the few hours we get each night.....
present with THEM!
Hope you get a change to read 7 and follow along with Bloom Book Club.
I feel I got a better understanding of Jenn Hatmaker
and her book through listening to her via Bloom Book Club Videos.
First Up: 7 An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
by Jenn Hatmaker
I read this book because several of my friends have read it and recommended it.
I also read it because Bloom Book Club did a series of videos with the author, Jenn Hatmaker
And I love reading books through with Bloom Book Club.
I am not an endorser of prosperity gospel nor am I an endorser of poverty gospel.
I believe there is a balance between the two that honors Christ.
I think it is incredible the "fast" journey that God took Jenn Hatmaker and her "Council" of seven girlfriends through.
I appreciate greatly her honest raw heart through this work and her ability to not "pin" this as a must for every reader. She truly allows room for God to speak to the individual reader in areas of excess. I believe her thoughts and words to be deep and personally heart felt.
I believe there are areas where her words can pierce deep into the hearts of the American church family.
I also believe there are times that she draws huge lines in the sand and groups every American church into one category and those parts I don't necessarily agree with her but I can still appreciate her work.
I believe we all live in excess. I believe I live in excess.
But I also believe that we each can channel our excess to something beyond ourselves.
And that process will look different for each individual.
I DO BELIEVE there are American church families who are giving to causes greater than themselves.
I love this experiment. I think God can personally tailor it for your life.
What My Seven Looks Like:
Food: Shop at Aldi for a month. What I save in groceries each week will not go into savings or eating out envelope, but will go to Nothing But the Truth Food Pantry. At the end of the month I will take my kids to the store and buy with what we saved for kids in our county (who without school in session) have nothing to eat for the day.
Clothes: Clean out my and my husband's closet and give to a local church's Clothing Closet. I usually just donate to Good Will but Jenn encourages you to give to a cause. I know this local church has a great ministry and I am thrilled to take our excess in.
Possessions: We recently moved and I have a lot of stuff in the basement that I have not gone through and organized.
Stuff that I know I could sell in a garage sale but feel compelled to give toConexion 1040 (an organization that was birthed in the hearts of some of our dear friends).
One thing I am most excited about is giving my daughter's baby bedding to a family
who will deliver a baby girl end of July.Can't wait to write our the story behind her bedding and the JOY it gives me to pass it along.
Media: Don't be on Internet while my children are awake.
I'll admit this is going to be hard....but I need and want to be present with them for the moments I have been given.
Waste: Buy a larger trash can for our recycle items.
We are great at recycling but lately it is running over and we need a bigger bin.
Use more plastic containers and less ziplocks to store food.
Spending: I just need to be better all around with my Dave Ramsey envelope system.
I have to make it a point to go to the bank and divide up the cash. I CAN DO IT!
Stress: NO PHONES at the dinner table, kids bed times, kids dates, or family worship nights.
We have a lot going on right now with some real estate properties and it feels like the phone always rings at these crucial moments with our children.
They need to see my husband and I present in the few hours we get each night.....
present with THEM!
Hope you get a change to read 7 and follow along with Bloom Book Club.
I feel I got a better understanding of Jenn Hatmaker
and her book through listening to her via Bloom Book Club Videos.
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