"But, Mom, I'm just about done, can't I finish this later?"
"No, it needs to be finished now before you go out to play."
"But, Mom, I'll have time to finish it when I come back in."
"No, you won't. You'll be too tired. Besides you'll have to eat and take a bath and you'll want to watch that TV program and then it will be time to go to bed. Now, get that done and THEN you can do something else."
I'm sure this conversation isn't something that occurred only in our home when the girls were younger. It's likely to occur in any home with children.
Why is it that it's so difficult for us to finish a project we start? Why is it so difficult for a child to finish their homework before they go out to play with friends?
I'm so glad that God loves me even if I'm not finished yet. As the song goes,
"He's still working on me to make me what I ought to be.
It took Him just a week to make the moon and stars,
The sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars.
How loving and patient He must be, He's still working on me."
Is God still working on you? Be thankful that He is.
"And I am sure that God who began the good work within you will keep right on helping you grow in his grace until his task within you is finally finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns." Philippians 1:6 (TLB)
"No, it needs to be finished now before you go out to play."
"But, Mom, I'll have time to finish it when I come back in."
"No, you won't. You'll be too tired. Besides you'll have to eat and take a bath and you'll want to watch that TV program and then it will be time to go to bed. Now, get that done and THEN you can do something else."
I'm sure this conversation isn't something that occurred only in our home when the girls were younger. It's likely to occur in any home with children.
Why is it that it's so difficult for us to finish a project we start? Why is it so difficult for a child to finish their homework before they go out to play with friends?
I'm so glad that God loves me even if I'm not finished yet. As the song goes,
"He's still working on me to make me what I ought to be.
It took Him just a week to make the moon and stars,
The sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars.
How loving and patient He must be, He's still working on me."
Is God still working on you? Be thankful that He is.
"And I am sure that God who began the good work within you will keep right on helping you grow in his grace until his task within you is finally finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns." Philippians 1:6 (TLB)
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