Wow, it has been a while since I have posted my thoughts on here. I guess you could say that I've been caught up in the daily housekeeping issues of life. Having a 2 year old son only makes that housekeeping list grow and grow and grow. You know what though, I am so very thankful that I can say that. It is a blessing; even though, when caught up in the midst of it, I might only see the chaos of it all. Today has been one of those tough days. As a mom, there are NO sick days. I have struggled with a migraine all day and it has been difficult to be a mom and continue on with my daily duties. I dislike being sick, because I passionately dislike getting off schedule and getting behind with household duties. I'm sure most ladies (and gentlemen alike) can attest to the fact at how hard it is once you start getting behind on housekeeping it just seems to grow into a mountain over night. I mean seriously, how is it possible after 1 sick day to have an overflowing basket of dirty laundry, a Mt. Everest of toys throughout the house, and dirty dishes galore when there is only 3 people in the house. I have still not figured this out; however, what I have figured out is if at all possible try not to have a sick day, because I so passionately dislike all the dreaded work the day after a sick day. Therefore, today I gradually made sure dirty dishes made their way into the dishwasher, toys stayed in the playroom, and I even managed a load of laundry. As I was putting the laundry in the washing machine, this is where I had my revelation. In life, we have housekeeping that needs to be done in all areas. We have our daily household housekeeping, work has housekeeping issues, and even our daily walk with God has housekeeping issues. As I began to think at how one day of neglecting my daily housekeeping duties at home can turn into a home of clutter and disarray, I realized this truth holds the same for our spiritual life as well. Neglecting prayer, not reading His word, skipping devotions, forfeiting fellowship with other believers, refusing to share our faith, abandoning time in worship, and not hearing His word...all these things are spiritual housekeeping issues. If you neglect any one of them, then it seems that our spiritual life begins to suffer from it. Our life suddenly begins to get cluttered with other things, our thoughts begin to shift gears and our actions reflect it as well. Just as my peaceful, clean house becomes chaotic and dirty overnight our relationship with Jesus can become this way too, if continuously neglected overtime. This past April, I had food poisioning that lasted for 19 days. I was so weak from lack of nurishment and having a fever for so long that there was no way possible I could attempt to do housework. After I slowly recovered from such a horrific illness, it took a good long while to get the house back to the way I liked it. Each day I would set goals of what to get done. It was frusterating, because I wanted it to be perfect in that instant, all at once...but it took time, weeks. However, there was also days that I seemed to get off track, because things had got so out of hand, the task I had set before me just seemed to big and overwhelming. A neglected spiritual life can get that way too. Things are so out of whack that you might think, what's the point? When we don't deal with things when they are small and we let them get way out of control, it's going to take time, sometimes a lot of time to get them back in order. As with most things dealing with God, be patient and pray hard. As with any relationship or housekeeping issue for that matter, when you neglect it, it will suffer. You will begin to lose what you had. You may feel that you just don't feel God's direction anymore in your life or maybe God is just being silent. Search yourself and your life, is there housekeeping issues that need to be taken care of. Have you neglected a part of your relationship with Jesus? If so, it's not to late to get back to that relationship you once knew. In the meantime, get back to that housekeeping. Work hard, pray hard, fast, read His word, hear His word, spend time in worship, fellowship.....because in then end, Jesus can even find you in your mess.
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