I was trying to type the name of the page on this blog and it would only let me type in a specific number of letters. It's ironic and profound how the program would only let me type "Preparing For Christ" instead of my first thought, "Preparing For Christmas." What a kind reminder that really, my ultimate goal as a person who loves and has determined to follow Jesus all the days of my life, is to prepare my heart to remember His first coming.
My small goals for this Saturday and next Saturday are to deep clean our home, decorate it, wrap gifts, and have everything ready for my daughter, son-in-law, and mother when they come to stay with us for a week or so. Every year at Christmas time I hear brothers and sisters-in-Christ say that we need to keep Christ at the center of the season. I am thankful for the Spirit of God who has the ability to remind me of Christ throughout my day in so many ways.
So, my prayer is that Holy Spirit would show me other things as I am deep-cleaning my kitchen, living room, sunroom, and dining room today. Maybe He will show me things in my heart that need to be reorganized, dusted off, polished, vacuumed out, swept away, scrubbed and wiped clean. As a friend at church said one time, my job is just to acknowledge it, turn away from the junk, and let God do His work in me. Yes. That's what I'd like to happen. Onward.
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