Keep on keepin' on
There will always be dishes to wash, laundry to clean & fold, floors to vacuum etc. It's just part of life. We need to accept that, and learn to rejoice that there is enough food to make the dishes dirty, clothes to clean and a home to keep up.
(Same principle with work and just about anything else we can think of.)
As in our walk with God. We ALWAYS need Him, so keep praying, keep studying His Word, keep seeking Him, thanking Him, rejoicing in Him and trusting Him....
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
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Housework Through the Ages
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One morning I was scrubbing the kitchen and bathroom floors.
I don't like housework so was attempting to teach myself to rejoice in the Lord in all things.
While pondering how grateful I was to have the health to be scrubbing the floor and what a blessing it was to have a floor to wash and running water etc. I began to reflect on stories I've heard from the past. i.e. Of the farmer's wife who scrubbed her wooden floors after pumping the water and hand making the soap, and how I should count my blessings. I also remembered hearing a story of women with dirt floors diligently sweeping to keep them clean.
It was then that I had to laugh at the tales of hardship handed down through the ages. I'm sure they were true, but I wonder if those women disliked housework as much as I do and perhaps the stories that were handed down may have been embellished....just a little.
Anyway, I got the floors washed and enjoyed myself too.
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
Trust
I often wish I could communicate with our little birds so they would better understand me....as sometimes they seem to be afraid of me.
One day I was praying and asking the Lord how can I "reach" them and help them to understand that I don't want to harm them and they can trust me?
I got the impression He was thinking "Good question!!" (As though He sometimes wonders that about us.)
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."