Set Thine House in Order.

 

'Set Thine House in Order' is a scripture verse that I read this morning and it resonated deep within my soul.

 I opened my scriptures somewhere randomly this morning and started reading and a prayer was answered. (starting my morning with prayer and scripture is part of my under construction post from last monday!)

A house of order means different things to me.

First I think of physcial order. And remember, my house is not physically in order.

Every room is unfinished in some way.

(Although we made great progress on our office nook this past week as noted in the progress picture above!)

When my house is out of physical order I feel out of order.
Maybe that is why I was so sick last week!

I'm working this week on getting the rooms that can be organized....organized.
And, I'm feeling better about it already.

After reading my scriptures, I wanted more on this topic.
I turned to the internet.

There was still a second part of 'House of Order' that was weighing on my heart.

 It was the spiritual aspect of house of order.
I know I am not doing all I can do to 'organize' my children.
To care for them. To raise them.

Then I found this excerpt from a talk by Russell M. Nelson.
It was exactly what I needed to read.

"To set our house in an order pleasing to the Lord, we need to do it His way. We are to employ His attributes of “righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, [and] meekness......Parents are to be living examples of “kindness, and pure knowledge, which … greatly enlarge the soul.”  Each mother and father should lay aside selfish interests and avoid any thought of hypocrisy, physical force, or evil speaking. Parents soon learn that each child has an inborn yearning to be free. Each individual wants to make his or her own way. No one wants to be restrained, even by a well-intentioned parent. But all of us can cling to the Lord." Russell M. Nelson

I wish I could have a do-over some days in the parenting department.

This quote gives me guidelines that I want to live by.

 I want to discipline with love.

I want to lead my children to the Lord, not restrain them by my words or actions.

I fall short so many days, but this gives me hope

 and makes me want to put my house in order in every aspect.

Thank you to this sweet girl, who when I clicked over to read her blog this morning, her scripture quote reminded me to open up my own scriptures. Have I mentioned lately, how much I love this community. Oh yea...in my Blog Sugar post below!