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Messy is fine

 

These renovations are getting old really fast! We are living in such a mess. I am never good at living messy—I’m usually very organized and like a clean house with everything in its place.

Coming up is stripping vinyl from the kitchen floor and packing up the kitchen cupboards while my brother works on dismantling our feature fireplace. The feature wall is old now and we need the space to create a long cabinet that will hold all the ‘stuff’ from cabinets, bookshelves, drawers and shelving units to create an overall dining, lounge and study space that has more room and less clutter as well as a better ‘flow’. I am definitely going to be disciplined about throwing stuff out. After all, it is only stuff and not of any real importance.

Today we have received draft plans for our kitchen and the above-mentioned unit and are quite pleased with what we are seeing. We also visited one of the lighting shops to get some ideas. I think the hardest job is drawing everything together so that we are ready for the building quotes at the same time as the electrician as these affect each other.

Trying to continue with what is necessary to our everyday living, my volunteer commitments (which are important to me), finding time for my writing and having coffee with friends which fill my joy bucket and also serve on a committee that is putting together a program for a 140th anniversary as well as working on the renovation is stretching me really thin. However the upside is that generally I am sleeping well.

I remind myself that in reality life is messy! So if I sometimes have to miss a meeting or cancel a social engagement because of exhaustion then so be it. However, I will not skip my time with God. I need it more than ever and He is sufficient for me. As I rest in Him I find my stress levels lower and my anxiety fades. He is more than enough! My prayer is that you too find God is more than enough in whatever you might be going through today. God bless you each.

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