Just Be Thankful It's Done

 

Have you ever been frustrated with the way your significant other or roommate does something specific? It could be putting the toilet paper roll on backwards. We all know the toilet paper is made to go over the top, not under! Or maybe it's how they wash laundry or dishes. This weekend, we always prepare for our church's small group at my house by cleaning. I found what seemed to be every Tupperware plastic dish I owned in my refrigerator and back-up refrigerator (the one in the garage for the stuff that can't fit in my regular refrigerator.) There were leftovers there that I can't remember making. We would open containers to find complex ecosystems growing within my old pot roast. Anytime I have people over, I always feel like I need to clean my refrigerator. I don't know why. I rarely have random people going through my leftovers looking for three-week-old sweet and sour, but there's always the slim chance it could happen, so I clean. My husband humors me and juggles tubs of our spoils (literally) as we dispose of the mess. While he was loading the dishwasher, I noticed the plates were loaded on the back of the dishwasher. I've always put them in the front and have been very vocal about it. After loading it, my husband was called on a brushfire as a volunteer firefighter, so I took the trashcan full of our leftovers to the curb. I pulled and tugged the heavy can because it was facing the opposite way to the street. I mumbled for a moment under my breath, and then the Holy Spirit prompted a simple question. "Instead of focusing on what wasn't done the way you liked, why don't you focus on the fact that it was done?" Wow! I realized it is so easy to become critical of others simply because they are different or do things in a different way. What would happen if our focus was off of the perfect and was on the done? What if instead of complaining about the service at a restaurant or wherever, we became thankful for the service? What if gratitude permiated our lives in such a way that people felt God's love from simply being in our presence? So as I write this, I'm thankful for the dishwasher being loaded, the trash being taken out, and the toilet paper being placed on the holder. I'm thankful for the done. 

Have a great week high-heeled warriors!

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