It's Day 2 of finding blessings and unexpected places and today is Blessed By The Mess (or what I can learn from it).
Today I am thanking and praising God for the mess in my house because it is pointing me back to Him and He is using it to sanctify me.
In the midst of our busy, always-on-the-go life, cleaning the house has often gotten put on the back burner along with the laundry... Now I am pretty sure what I say next is earth shattering news to my parents considering the slobby mess I loved to have as a teenager growing up but...
The Mess In My House REALLY REALLY drives me crazy!!! In fact, it bothers me to the point that I often have a difficult time even getting a good nights sleep (if a mama can even know what that is) when there is so much to be done. Pick up the clothes, fix the pillows on the couch, vacuum the floor, sweep the floor, start the laundry, fold the laundry, do the dishes, dust the shelves, clean the bathroom, make the bed...the list goes on and on and on. It NEVER ends. And when I think I have made a good start or I just finished the laundry, I am dismayed that without fail I can always look in the hamper and something else needs to be washed. I respond either by going crazy over it and becoming a cleaning freak or I just throw my hands up and give up. Neither is a very good response.
When I respond by becoming a cleaning freak who cannot even sleep in the messy house, I am expressing my sinful desire to control everything and have everything in order. But life cannot be this way. I cannot be in control (and even if I can fool myself for a little bit, I still am not in control). God is in control. He is the Creator, Sustainer, Provider and He is sovereign over and in control of everything.
When I respond by just giving up because it is too hard or too much, I am expressing my sinfulness by being selfish and lazy. This is not pleasing to God either. He has called us to do the work He has made for us. My role as Josh's wife and Peter's mother calls me to do the laundry and keep the house clean.
Through the mess in my house, God is teaching me to be diligent and consistent in my work. It is much easier to maintain than it is to start over all the time.
I sure am thankful that God consistently works in my life to sanctify me and bring me back to Him.
I am thankful that He does not just give up on me when He looks at my heart and sees a sinful mess.
I am also thankful that He does not respond to my sinful mess by going crazy over it and immediately unleashing His wrath on me (even though I deserve it).
I am thankful that He is patient and loving and full of grace.
I am thankful that He unleashed His wrath on His Son so that I can know him.
I am thankful that He uses my sinful mess to show me His faithfulness and sanctify me to become more like Him.
Holy Spirit give me the strength to be diligent, consistent and faithful in all the work that you have called me to (not just cleaning the mess in my house). Make me more like You each day.
Love,
Carly
Today I am thanking and praising God for the mess in my house because it is pointing me back to Him and He is using it to sanctify me.
In the midst of our busy, always-on-the-go life, cleaning the house has often gotten put on the back burner along with the laundry... Now I am pretty sure what I say next is earth shattering news to my parents considering the slobby mess I loved to have as a teenager growing up but...
The Mess In My House REALLY REALLY drives me crazy!!! In fact, it bothers me to the point that I often have a difficult time even getting a good nights sleep (if a mama can even know what that is) when there is so much to be done. Pick up the clothes, fix the pillows on the couch, vacuum the floor, sweep the floor, start the laundry, fold the laundry, do the dishes, dust the shelves, clean the bathroom, make the bed...the list goes on and on and on. It NEVER ends. And when I think I have made a good start or I just finished the laundry, I am dismayed that without fail I can always look in the hamper and something else needs to be washed. I respond either by going crazy over it and becoming a cleaning freak or I just throw my hands up and give up. Neither is a very good response.
When I respond by becoming a cleaning freak who cannot even sleep in the messy house, I am expressing my sinful desire to control everything and have everything in order. But life cannot be this way. I cannot be in control (and even if I can fool myself for a little bit, I still am not in control). God is in control. He is the Creator, Sustainer, Provider and He is sovereign over and in control of everything.
When I respond by just giving up because it is too hard or too much, I am expressing my sinfulness by being selfish and lazy. This is not pleasing to God either. He has called us to do the work He has made for us. My role as Josh's wife and Peter's mother calls me to do the laundry and keep the house clean.
Through the mess in my house, God is teaching me to be diligent and consistent in my work. It is much easier to maintain than it is to start over all the time.
I sure am thankful that God consistently works in my life to sanctify me and bring me back to Him.
I am thankful that He does not just give up on me when He looks at my heart and sees a sinful mess.
I am also thankful that He does not respond to my sinful mess by going crazy over it and immediately unleashing His wrath on me (even though I deserve it).
I am thankful that He is patient and loving and full of grace.
I am thankful that He unleashed His wrath on His Son so that I can know him.
I am thankful that He uses my sinful mess to show me His faithfulness and sanctify me to become more like Him.
Holy Spirit give me the strength to be diligent, consistent and faithful in all the work that you have called me to (not just cleaning the mess in my house). Make me more like You each day.
Love,
Carly
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