About two weeks ago in the women's meeting we have on Friday night with Dorcas, we talked about Glorifying God. So as I was working on the awesome info I received that night I looked around at my house and saw that they way it looked it and said this is not Glorifying God. So on Thursday I started cleaning in the morning and by bed time I was almost done. On Friday I vacuumed the rooms, mopped, and did the detail work. Then I started decorating. Last Saturday night we had Michelle and Henry over for dinner. It was so relaxing to come home to a clean welcoming house. All that I did was light some candles to create a warm feeling (by the way did I mention they were papaya mango candles?). My house has stayed clean for the Glory of God.
Now I can't stand the house to be dirty. Everything gets cleaned in the moment I see it. This Thursday I cleaned out Kk’s kitchen and her toys. I labeled her cubbies and organized everything in its place. I am so happy and relaxed to actually have order in our house. Kk knows where everything goes; and so cleanup time gets done a lot faster. She knows where everything is, so she does not have to take out everything to find what she was looking for. Our classroom is in order. Now I am working on getting the closets in order. I have to work in the closet of each room. After we finish cleaning out everything we are going to paint and then Kk gets to go and pick out her bed. She has a dresser so all she needs is a bed. She has been begging for a desk so we are looking for one to match her furniture. I will post pictures of the before and after soon. As I learn to give God the glory in everything I do, I see how I fall short; but I am not giving up. My husband loves the new me. I give God the glory. If it was not for Him I would still live in a messy house all stressed out and unhappy. I now ask my husband why didn’t you tell me how bad our house was. And he says he tried but I didn’t see it. So far keeping the house cleaned and organized gives me more free time to do things I like and have been wanting to do. I can even go to the gym and workout. It has also helped with our homeschooling as well. We have the day now to learn, play, explore and create. Last Saturday I learned a really helpful saying from Febe. The saying goes ‘A place for everything and everything in its place.’ My husband tells me that saying is more than a hundred years old, but I don’t remember hearing it. It has helped me to keep everything in order. It has helped me so much spiritually, mentally, and physically. I feel that I am a better wife and mother because of this experience.
God bless
