It is the day on your schedule to clean house. Do you look forward to it? Or are you thinking if every excuse not to do it?
Just like everything else we have discussed, your attitude over caring for your house is your choice. And if we are honest, we would all have to admit we grumble more about the beautiful house we have to clean than being thankful for our beautiful home. But you and I can choose to change our attitudes of grumbling to attitudes of seeking refreshing.
I have a Refresh Challenge for you. Now I do not 100% believe it will work, but it will not hurt any current circumstances.
My Refresh Challenge will be you choosing to refresh your home, body and spirit all at one time. As you joyfully clean your house, you will be worshipping God. Crank up the worship music and rejoice in all the ways God has blessed you. (If you have a home to clean and things in it to pick up, you are blessed.) Clean at a speed that will give you the complete benefits of a workout. We are not going to look at cleaning our house as a chore, but as a time of worship and workout.
OK, it seems a little bit crazy, but I think you will be much more likely to be refreshed when you are done. You will know you are a getting a workout. You will be worshipping and praying for loved ones as you go along. And when you are all done, your house will be clean.
We are blessed beyond belief with all our stuff and the size of our homes. Why not choose to show your gratefulness when you clean instead of complaining about your blessings?
March Action Plan
To refresh our soul and mind and Spring Clean Our Homes
March Week 2 Action Plan
Spring Clean Living Areas: Wipe down baseboards, blinds and walls if they need it. Dust fans and light fixtures. Vacuum out the furniture and under the furniture. Dust off the power cords. Clean the inside of the windows. Spray some pretty smelling febreeze over the furniture to give a fresh scent.
Memorize Psalm 103:1-5
"1 Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits-
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."
March Week 2 Day 4
Choose to count your blessings.
Choose to read Acts 16:22-27. If Paul can worship God after being beaten in prison, I think we should be able to worship when we clean house.
22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. 23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose. 27The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!"
Choose to keep doing your workout routine. (maybe even get outside today)
Choose to work on living area and put up laundry.
Choose to get a good night's sleep.
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