I am a perfectionist who is slowly getting used to the mess.<\/p>\n

To letting the dust settle and the sticky messes reside.<\/p>\n

Allowing the noise and chaos to live here because it means joy has come to stay.<\/p>\n

The laundry keeps piling up and the floor needs to be mopped. I can’t keep it all in order anymore.<\/p>\n

Everything in its place and everything has its place. No, this is not my life anymore. It is only a delusion.
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God is moving in our home. He is loving me in my mess. Reordering my imperfect heart. What I thought were my priorities.<\/p>\n

The truth is, we are all one big mess in need of a God who loves perfectly.<\/p>\n

We can stop giving into the delusion. Stop trying to make it all picture perfect. <\/p>\n

Let go, give it all up to Him. He is more than capable of bearing all our junk. <\/p>\n

It is then that the burden is lifted. We are free. Free to live with, love in, allow grace to reside in our perfectly messy lives.<\/p>\n

This post is part of Five Minute Friday<\/a> series. I get the one word prompts from Lisa Jo-Baker<\/a> on Friday. The rules are simple. Write for five minutes flat. There is no extreme editing; no worrying about perfect grammar, font, or punctuation. It is unscripted. Unedited. Real.<\/p>\n

Today’s prompt was: Mess<\/p>\n

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