My excitement for conquering our CHAOS has fizzled yet again...as it always seems to do about a week after I determine that THIS TIME will be different. Yet another reminder that if I'm going to conquer this, it is going to have to not be based on how I feel or how excited I am to do it (how excited are you to mop the bathroom floor???), but in something much deeper than that. So I returned to the reasons I listed back at the beginning of the month, and reminded myself of my goals of extending hospitality to others, of having a peaceful refuge from the world, of being a good steward of all God has given us.
The other thing I'm reminding myself of is that any kind of lasting change, especially change that is not only physical but also spiritual, is not going to happen in my own strength, but in the strength of the Lord.
Psalm 73:26 says, "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." My flesh and heart will fail at this effort to make our house a real home, but God is my strength, and as often as I fail at this, or at anything else, I want to keep getting up and returning to the Lord and allowing Him to be my strength again...and again...and again.
The other thing I'm reminding myself of is that any kind of lasting change, especially change that is not only physical but also spiritual, is not going to happen in my own strength, but in the strength of the Lord.
Psalm 73:26 says, "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." My flesh and heart will fail at this effort to make our house a real home, but God is my strength, and as often as I fail at this, or at anything else, I want to keep getting up and returning to the Lord and allowing Him to be my strength again...and again...and again.
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