Encouragement as You Walk Towards Focus

Just like that. There it was. The comment. The statement. The false perception.

“You are so organized.”

My first inclination is to turn around and look behind me.

No. No one there. They are talking to me.

My second inclination is to laugh. I refrain myself because I wouldn’t be laughing with them. I would be laughing at them. Laughing at this misconstrued fantasy. So, it would be rude to laugh.

Let’s be honest. I’m a mess. A complete mess. And no. Not just in the physical sense.

I love to live in the moment. Dream of the future. On my down spirited days, I enjoy pounding myself with the failures of my day, week, life.

I am also a blogger. I communicate inspiration, tips and nuggets of information. I do not emulate perfection nor do I ever want to inspire others to perfection. Striving towards perfection is an endless sea that swallows one with emptiness when it is realized it is infinite. Never to be obtained.

I simply want to remind you and encourage you that as we are working towards improving

our menu planning

our focus

our cooking

our cash based spending

our grocery budget

our household management

that it will never be fully in balance. We can perfect our menu system only to have our plans collapse when life collides. We can cook it all from scratch, but we will have a messy kitchen.

Yes. I made a batch of homemade bread. Yes. I soaked my beans and froze an extra batch of chili.

However, at bedtime my kitchen looks like this:

And it will stay that way until tomorrow morning. Ok. Tomorrow night. With the success, comes the mess.

So, no my friends. I have not achieved “it” nor have I perfected “it”. I am simply working towards improving my areas of weakness, so that I can focus on my strengths.

I am not leading you. I am walking with you.

…I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. Philippians 3:13b

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