I walk through the house lugging my weighty suitcase behind me, seeing evidence our week has been full of the crazy. Three half-way carved pumpkins sit perched on the dining room table. Unfolded laundry lays crumpled in baskets. Crumbs cover every counter. I’m leaving for Relevant and planes don’t wait, so clean-up does. In the mean time, half done projects and fully made messes make themselves at home.
I like to leave things neat and finished, tied up with a bow. But life just isn’t like that. Messes make themselves right at home.
Isaiah says:
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,
Seek me in vain.
I, the LORD, speak truth. I declare what is right.Isaiah 46:19
Life throws the out-of-control crazy at me, and I panic when it does. I go on a tirade about messes and kids’ rooms {heaven help me}, desperate to control something. It’s not until I close my eyes and seek Him that perspective comes. When we run to Him, we aren’t running in vain. We find Someone. Accepting what is out of my control means accepting Who is in control: the One Who speaks truth, is truth, declares what is right. I set the Lord before me, between me and my mess. I see Him. The circumstances are what they are, but He is who He says He is. He is always good, and I cling to that.
Life may resemble a tattered mess right now, but one day it will be tied up just right, topped with a tidy bow. And this truth sweeps my heart clean.
{Thanks to Kristen Welch for sharing her wisdom on this with me!}
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Oh, such refreshing truth! Always such refreshing words from your sweet, beautiful soul.
Aww, thanks Amy! You BLESS.
” I set the Lord before me, between me and my mess.”
It seems you’re always right just for me these days.
For you and for me. xoxo