Do the dishes

Sometimes I get hung up.  Lately, I’ve been waiting for things to get perfect.  I won’t go running until the weather gets better.  I won’t do ministry until God gets my other stuff in order.  I won’t advance with anything, until all of my current issues are dealt with, and everything lines up the way I want it to.

And that’s really harmful.

Because there’s always something to get hung up on.

When I’m sitting around and waiting for things to get fixed, I’m missing out on something really valuable.  Because God likes fixing things.  He’s always got his hands in our business, pulling things apart and putting them together.  And that’s what he asks me to help him with.  So when I wait for things to be good before I get involved, I’m bypassing the very thing that God is inviting me to participate in.  So I think I’m going to stop waiting for perfection.  I’m going to go running in the rain, and I’m going to go do ministry even though I have mounds of other things to take care of.  I’m going to be who I’m meant to be, and do what I’m meant to do, and trust that God’s going to make sure the important things end up good.  Or at least I’m going to try.  Sometimes you’ve gotta do the dishes, just because they need to be done.

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