Standing at the kitchen sink today – washing the inside of a bowl…..He lays it all out on the counter:
What a way to live!
And God help me! Help us. We have gotten so good at fronting.
His way is so much better. When the outside of us is clean alone – that’s our doing. But when the inside is clean – that’s God’s doing!
And when He wipes the inside – the outside naturally follows suit. When the crevasses of a woman’s heart are filled with Light – it leaks out onto her person. There’s no pressure on us to manufacture it. There’s no shifting shadows. Do we have any idea how much more of impact this brings?…
….On the world? On our children? This is how our babes learn to be authentic. Kids get good at lying – kids are trained in trickery – kids are infinitely insincere when they live with people who are masters of these things.
Parents! Influencers! We must create an atmosphere of honest transparency in our homes – a place where our children actually see what’s not good in us…but then they see it dealt with. They see it acknowledged and handed over. And they see us being okay with the world seeing it all, too.
Me and you being one-faced rather than two….this will change our children for eternity.
*When our children see us living on the inside of our home’s walls – the same way we live on the outside of them…..
*When we can get to the place where the world witnesses what these pieces of dry-wall witness…
*When our children see us speak to our husbands the way we speak to our friends….
That is righteous consistency. And there is much power in that.
This is true with homes and children…this is true with churches…it’s true with places of employment….and it’s also true with blogs.
Because what’s being punched out on the screen needs to match what He’s scribbling on the heart.
This steadfastness – it needs to run across the board.
And in doing so…. we will reap a harvest of righteousness in all our arenas.
Righteous consistency. Yes. I love it!! And I'm so glad your dishes speak to you, and inspire you;). I get tired of the masks, and the "keep ups". I just want to purely love my Jesus. Yes. Just give me Jesus:). Love you. Lady, xoxo. Good stuff.
Thank you for reading, Meg. Again, I think you live this concept out very well. You're so real. I love that.
And I miss you dearly.
– Kate