Jesus, sticky notes and false perfection


New year, new me, new lessons… And that means a new bible study because  Lord knows that I need my Jesus every day…if not things can get crazy… For real though if I don’t have time to sit down and fill my head with some basic scripture knowledge I feel like I’m missing my guide for day to day life navigation. So I need words of encouragement from the Almighty to put me on the right path and make me feel like anything’s possible when He is involved. I am also a big planner, a sticky note queen, is what I have been called. I have to know my plan for the day which is on my To-do list. I have so many to-do lists that I have a stack of them on my work desk and people actually make fun of me for this, KATIE MASON! But I have to have them separated out to daily, weekly, monthly and for home, work, goals and what not....I like a schedule and I like to stick to it. I also have all of these lists on my phone. I know that's crazy but it's just my way. Haha...So if i have my day planned out, like most days, I have to have my Jesus to light the path and steer the boat in the direction He needs me to go. Everything just works best this way. Bible studies are a great way to keep myself on track. 

The last bible study I did was great. Back in the fall of 2017 I started this book Ever After  with a church my family has been visiting. Friends go there and it just felt like this book and the teacher and timing were perfect. PERFECT is a word I should really throw out of my vocabulary because it puts me in the wrong frame of mind. Nothing is or can be perfect, except for God and His plan, and I find it difficult to remember that. I can run away with that word and its meaning if I’m not careful. I have a tendency to try to make everything in my life perfect, which makes for a long fall back down to reality when things don’t go “my way.” So back to this book… It’s all about the pedestal we put our husbands, our kids and our whole lives up on when we enter into marriage. We think it’s going to be a fairy-tale and then we get smacked in the face with the truth of things really quickly. And it’s HARD to deal with. It just is! There is no way around it. This book was great at, as we talked about in class, letting ourselves and our families off the hook for meeting our all too high standards and expectations we set in our minds. Life is complicated and messy and that’s what is supposed to make each life and person different. That is still a lesson I am learning every day. If you struggle with any of these issues look this one up for yourself and dive in. It’s worth it!


I am starting a new study this week, He Speaks to MeI am excited about starting a new one, what I can learn and how much I will grow in Christ. I will let you know how it is as soon as I can. If you have studied this book already leave a comment below and let me know what you thought. If you have any other great bible study suggestions leave those for me too.  I would love to hear from you. I like following along with a group study because I'm just not well versed enough to be able to dig in and find what really applies to me and my life right now. I also love hearing other women’s perspectives on what they got out of each day’s lesson. Sometimes they get something I didn’t and it helps me. Something I may have overlooked or read past and it didn’t faze me at the time. I have such a peace on the days that I have read something that I know God put there for me to see and understand. God can speak to us in so many different ways and I want to be open to them all, even though I know I don’t always look hard enough, in the right places or realize it when it happens. I am a total work in progress, as we all are. But I know one day I will be in perfect peace in God’s house! That’s my saving Grace and good night’s sleep on any given night of week.

Here is some more bundled up fashion from the frigid temps here in Ringgold/Chattanooga...special thanks to AI for the pics.




Coral Sweater,  Ray Bans, Grey Gap pants Similar , Grey suede booties Similar

Talk to ya’ll soon

Love Heather


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