I've been doing a lot of house cleaning. Lots of throwing away. Putting away the clutter. Giving things a way that we no longer need. And yesterday, I cleaned off enough dust to create a whole family of dust bunnies. Ick. No wonder my asthma was driving me batty.
Last night I was so tired, I could barely move. I had cleaned and scrubbed until I was sore all over. By 9pm it was Oh-vah for me. But I was so thankful. Not just for the clean-ER house, but to be so tired I couldn't do anything. That changes my frame of mind. It brings me to call out to God in a different way. A needy way. The way He wants us to call out to Him on a daily basis. But when I am up and going and doing, I feel self sufficient, although I know I'm not. I am needy all the time. That helpless all the time. And I need to call out to Him in that way all the time. (not just when I feeeel that way)
So I'm thankful for cleaning house. Not because it looks better, but because of what God was showing through it. I don't want to get to feeling so self sufficient that I miss out on all God wants to be and do and live out in the coming year.
2 comments:
Wonderful life-lessons often come wrapped in the simplicities of the day.
Great reminder!
Kathleen
That is another example of why cleaning is so good for us. It's highly underrated. There is a saying, "Pray and work" (I wish I knew Latin, but it's something like Orare et labore), and I think cleaning can be a great practice with/for prayer.
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