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Learning to let go

 

Well, dates are in place for finishing the renovations, barring anything untoward happening.

·         This week the painters finally finished.

·         Next week the kitchen is dismantled with builders, electricians and plumbers all in the loop.

·         On the same day as the kitchen is dismantled, the appliances are delivered and the vinyl flooring goes down.

·         The kitchen is installed the following day (although the benchtops are sitting on a dock somewhere and may not be here in time).

·         The following week the carpet goes down. We have booked help with shifting the piano and will shift the other furniture the day before.

·         The day after the carpet we have cleaners coming in to thoroughly clean the whole of the living area in preparation for the wallpapering.

·         Over the weekend and ongoing as able, we will be unpacking our guest rooms and placing everything into the new cabinets.

·         The wallpaper goes on the following week, which is also when the new lounge suite is delivered.

·         We will try and fit in a spring clean for the bedrooms on the Monday of the next week which is now the second week in October and hopefully the blinds will be installed on the three small windows throughout the living area.

·         That same week the heat pump is installed and that weekend all the family arrive for our church 140th celebrations—in which I am performing a spoken word.

In between organising everything and making sure it will flow, I am trying to complete my spoken word as well as prepare for family arriving. So the pressure is on. I am totally believing that everything will happen as it is supposed to. In fact, God has my back. He is in this. He loves to help His children with every part of their life and He is in the details.

 

I had hoped to have the curtain material and curtains up but it became burdensome, trying to pick a material without having the wallpaper up and the lounge suite colour available while trying to see how the samples looked as I worked around the painters. God made it so clear that not everything had to be completed before the family came so with some relief I decided to leave the curtains for now. We will manage. As a task-oriented, process-oriented and organised person, I am learning that sometimes it is perfectly acceptable to let things go. I have a list in the back of my diary of tasks to do down the track when I can stop to take a breath!

 

In spite of all that is happening and the repercussions if even one date is changed, I remain in peace. Whenever I start feeling anxious or stressed I spend time with God. He is so good. He is so faithful. He is so loving. He has me in His hands and because He loves me He will be working in the following weeks as everything takes place.

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