Work in Progress

So the job is not quite done.  There is still a bit more to do but don't worry about it.  We will get right on it.  Just make the best of it until then.

Have you ever been waiting on someone to complete a project, and it never seems to get done.  It can be really frustrating.  Either you are in a holding pattern waiting on them, or you continue on, but your part is that much more difficult.  We have all been there. Actually, most of us have been on both sides of this problem.  We have been the one waiting on someone else and the one causing someone else to wait.  For some reason, it seems more inconvenient when I am the one waiting.

How much are we like this?  The project that never quite gets done.  We all know areas for which we need to improve.  Physically, emotionally, spiritually, probably in every area there is a part that needs more refinement.  I remember once reading a quote from Mother Teresa (I could not find the actual quote, so I paraphrase.) She said that she knew her own heart and it was black as night.  

This has always struck me.  If a person who forsakes worldly goods and devotes her life to helping the poorest of the poor sees herself this way, my heart must need industrial strength cleaning.

So what issues are you facing?  What work do you need to do?  As Christians we ask the Holy Spirit in to our hearts.  And once in, the Holy spirit doesn't just put its feet up and celebrate a job complete.  No, the Holy Spirit, once inside says, "This place is a mess.  Let's get to work." 

I imagine that God gets frustrated with us.  Not because we are an unfinished work, because we all know that it will not be completed in this lifetime.  No, I think God would be frustrated with our spectacular lack of progress in some areas.  

Well, it's labor day weekend.  Time to pick an area and get to work.