Projects

Finishing…this part of my tag line is a bit ambiguous, but it is a goal God has given me. I am that person who starts things, but never gets to the end of it. Right now, if you walked into my house, you would see a plethora of partial projects. For me, one thing just leads into another and nothing seems to get done. God keeps encouraging me to be a hostess and to make my home a place of rest welcoming those who need to come, but it just doesn’t seem possible at the moment. This weekend I really need to do a few things that will lead me in that direction, but I am just not sure that I will actually follow through. I want to desperately get our office cleaned out, re-organized and weeded out. My attachment to “things” is so great that this is a difficult thing for me under the best of circumstances. I think this is all one of the struggles that many women face, but to be ready for the next thing God has for me getting my house under control is the number one priority!

That is such a parallel to what we do in our spiritual lives as well. I find that often I hoard and hide the emotional and spiritual “junk” and keep people out of the “house”, so that they don’t see all the “junk”. It is time for some things to be cleaned not only out of my closets, but out of my life as well!

Father, You are a God of Order and of simplicity. Your plan for us is so simple. Help me to find a way to make my life a reflection of that from ridding it of the spiritual and physical junk to making me warm and inviting as You are. Lord, take the gossip, bitterness, and thoughts that I hide in the closet of my heart and empty them leaving only wisdom, love and compassion behind! You can do this Lord, and only You can do it! I love You and open the doors for Your cleansing to come! Amen.