”He must become greater; I must become less.” – John 3:30
“For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.” – Deuteronomy 4:24
I thought I was ready to launch a helpful website to share what I’m learning in motherhood and running my household. From the beginning I had heard God tell me “Don’t leave me out of this!”
“Of course I wouldn’t leave You out, God! I’ll put You in the next post!” I would reply.
I had it in my head that I would launch when I had 10 published posts. I made it up to 9. Not a single one went deeply spiritual – if they even mentioned Jesus at all.
I was trying to pick my tenth post to finish, and God said “You left me out. You need to scrap this and start over; this time with Me.”
“Well, shoot,” my blogger-self said. I felt so ready to pursue my dreams of blogging that I hadn’t obeyed and now I couldn’t have it. We have this same rule with our children: If you can’t obey with it, you can’t have it at all. Being disciplined, by God, as an adult has a similar sting.
So, while the domain name connotes house keeping and simplicity, it’s not your physical house that will get all the attention, your spiritual home will, too.
My spiritual home filled up quickly with my own dreams and pursuits, and I pushed God into a corner: a time slot before bed. So it is time to clean house and clear out my selfishness and vain pursuits.
I know God wants my time. He has a plan for this blog. He wants to bless me through it. He wants to bless you through it, too. I can’t expect Him to bless me in what I pursue for myself ; I know He will bless me in pursuing Him, every time.