He Knows

This post was written yesterday morning and as a follow-up to this post.

This morning I woke up with a renewed sense of hope.  Even as I stared at another pile of dirty dishes in the sink, knew I needed to empty the dishwasher and reboot the laundry.  Again.

I’ll help you if you just let me.

OK, let me get this laundry switched out.  It’ll only be a minute.

Empty the dishwasher first.

But it’ll only be a minute.

Do the dishwasher first.

Gosh, your bossy.  But fine.  And I hope you tell me why.  This seems silly.

So I empty the dishwasher.  I’m starting to cut it close with time before I take Lexi to camp but I know it will feel good to have an empty dishwasher through the day instead of the dishes continuing to stack in the sink.

OK, maybe this is a good thing.  It’ll be easier to hide the laundry than more dirty dishes.

I finish the dishes.  One minute left and just enough time to reboot the laundry.

See.  If you would have done the laundry first, you would have figured you didn’t have enough time for the dishes.  You hate them anyway and would have put it off.

So I left to take Lexi to camp with both chores done and when I got home, laundry was ready to be rebooted again,leaving me with just one pile left.  I felt accomplished and proud.  In control.  Capable.  And the ironic thing is it was through giving UP control and listening to someone else.

It’s the little things.  It’s the little things that make us stressed and it’s the little things He’ll help us with if we just listen AND obey.  It’s all fine and good if you are able to hear God but means nothing if you don’t take the action.  God is a personal God and cares about the little things.  Sometimes what He asks us to do makes no sense in the moment, but He doesn’t just see.  He KNOWS.

Isaiah 55
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.

9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.