First, I’d like to welcome some new readers! I haven’t been able to get to all your comments, but I look forward to getting to know you better this year.
We’re fighting colds that seem to have settled into our eyes. Mine isn’t so bad, but Georgie, and now Curly, have yukky eyes. May see the doctor, although warm compresses and artificial tears (as a rinse) seem to be helping clear things up. Slowly.
Snowfall has essentially stopped, but our road is still packed down with snow. It piled up pretty good – we got several inches – but it’s the freezing temps that have us bundling up and drinking lots of hot tea and coffee.
I read a really lovely devotional at Proverbs 31 Devotions. If you haven’t read them before, I invite you to read A Patient Parent. I’ve actually printed several of these devotions in the past few months because they speak to me so clearly and relevantly. Good stuff. To make my home “sing” today, I’m going to practice the patient sowing in my girls that this devotional speaks of. This is the kind of practice that requires effort and consistency – lots of practice!
Practically speaking, I’ll be clearing out our trash, getting some clothes packed away, and just doing some straightening. I don’t tend to do heavy housecleaning on Mondays – and I am learning how to break bigger goals down into manageable, practical ones. Gonna write more about that this week.
Like the weight loss goal.
Being overwhelmed by the clutter around my house is going to have to be tackled one room at a time. One area at a time. One project at a time. That makes it a manageable task daily. I’m looking to the Flylady.net again for some assistance with that. And rather than making a daily change (which seems to overwhelm me for some reason!) I’m going to make changes but only as I can manage them and not necessarily in a “I have to accomplish this in 30 days!” manner. I add to my sense of overwhelm by putting some ridiculous – UNmanageable deadline on it and feeling like a failure when I don’t meet it. So I’m going to look at each “Baby Step” as one part of the process. One step at a time, until I’ve got it and then moving on to the next. If it takes the whole year – so be it – as long as I’m moving towards balance.
I may be moving slow, but I’m still moving!
THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,
Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12: 1, 2 (Amp)
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Good idea. You don’t want to take on too many new things or you won’t be able to do anything well.
The one I learned is that you need to try and keep the rest of the house picked up while you’re working in one room. Back when I was really into gardening I would let the house go in lieu of working in my garden.
I learned to come in from the garden, relax a tiny bit, and then go around and give the house a good pickup. That way, one thing wouldn’t suffer at the expense of another. Thanks for linking up today!
Baby steps are the way to go…seriously. Just pick one thing and make it your goal…whatever you feel you need. You’ll get there and be so proud of yourself when you do.