I don't know if you know this about me, but I am not skilled at keeping a home. It is something I have struggled with since I was a child- you could say I am just a messy person.
Do you, like me, find yourself saying that a lot? I am just a night owl, I am just sarcastic, I am just a goof, etc. What is with this take me as I am, attitude? It seems as if this sense of self prevails far and wide, but I am discovering this is worldly thinking.
So the world tells me I can easily continue on in this mindset of "take me as I am". Sorry Mr. Warner, you may be blessed by a clean home, but you're just going to have to get used to clutter. Just take me as I am. God loves me for me, so you should too... be happy with what you've got- wonderful me.
Hmm. That somehow seems wrong to me. As a follower of Christ I need to find some concrete evidence to back up this frame of mind, and I just can't do it. Didn't He say, "Not my will, but thine be done"? Didn't He model that the Father's agenda was more precious than His own. Didn't He wrap Himself up in a towel and wash the feet of His disciples? If my Savior can lay aside His wants, His "I just want to live", then can't I do the same within my heart?
Sometimes I forget the cost of getting on a real cross because I am too busy crying and whining about my own. Jesus taught me to lay down my life for my friends, and I am beginning to see that laying down my life is taking the time to retrain myself for the love of my life. I can choose to accept the discipline and training of the Lord in being a housekeeper, I can ask Him to change me, rather than defend myself.
I may be just a messy person, but I serve a great God who is willing to change me if I request His help. I would rather lose myself to abide more fully in Christ, then stay as I am and miss out on blessing my best friend.
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