I NEED A MAID

I think I need a maid. Maybe need is too strong a word, I mean I could do all the maid stuff myself but it’s hard for me and I hate housework, and it takes time away from all the stuff I really want to do like read and write. Writing’s my job, it says so on my business cards, and I almost make enough money from it to pay for a maid once a week. Or maybe once a month. But before I get a maid, I need to clean up a little. There’s stuff everywhere and how would he/she know what’s trash and what’s treasure? Yeah, I should get a maid right after I organize a bit. But I don’t want to think about that right now, so I’ll just close the door to this room and ignore the mess.

My spiritual life is kind of like that, too. I know it needs straightening up, but there are some things I want to hold onto, maybe confront those pesky daily sins and shortcomings on my own. Although that sounds like such a huge job, maybe I’ll wait on that, too. I can close the door to hide my piles of broken promises and scattered good intentions. Yeah, when I get around to clearing that up a little I’ll turn it over to God. I’d hate for him to see what an absolute mess I’ve made of this life he gave me. 

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When I write something like this, I assume readers will realize what I’m trying to say. Maybe, maybe not. In blunt terms, I know how foolish it is to try to hide from God and put off asking for His forgiveness and help. I can pretend I’ll eventually get around to doing it myself, but I won't. I can't. He’s the only one with the power and love to clean up my mistakes and missteps. The actual solution is to humble myself (daily) and let Him work on me. So really the point of this little piece is that it’s idiotic to deny I’ll keep missing the goal. My life will stay a wreck until and unless I hand it over to God. Thankfully, He's promised He'll take care of it, because I certainly can’t.

1 John 1:9

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.  NIV1 John 1:9