Comments on: How Organized Are Your Closets?

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:55:20 +0000

Love this one Nancy. I enjoy organization but always want to enjoy my family more.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:33:47 +0000

I appreciate this post very much! Great wisdom…and you have encouraged me greatly!!!

By: Garstabugg

Garstabugg — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:56:37 +0000

Wow, being a newly wed with no kiddos yet, I sometimes find myself feeling pathetic for not being able to keep my house clean. This article was just what I needed to hear! I think I’m going to pring this off and tuck it away somewhere for the next time I’m feeling overwhelmed and wishing I were a “super wife” like Nancy!

By: MegnTally

MegnTally — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:50:20 +0000

Great post! Loved your husband’s comment

“What makes you think I would want to be married to you if you were more organized?”

I’ve taken this to heart! If after 26 years he wants the house sparkling and neat…surely by now he knows he married the wrong gal! LOL!

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:17:10 +0000

When I am on my death bed, I will not wish I’d kept a tidier house! Alas, I already grieve about how much of a fusser and tyrant I have been and am inclined to be.

One minute, I long for the comfortable happy clutter depicted in Peter Spier’s picture book, Rain. The next, I’m fretting about the mess in the boys’ room which I didn’t notice until putting the little guy to bed!

But I’ve got nearly twenty years between the oldest and the youngest, which has really challenged my neat-freak tendencies. No survival cleaning for me. This is a long-term life style with continuous sanctification opportunities, for sure!

I often think of Elisabeth Elliot’s comment: If there’s too much on your to-do list today, it has things that God did not put there.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:23:41 +0000

But if by being organized we become tyrannical, then it would be better to send all our tidy little bins to the bad place.

ROFLOL! Have you been eavesdropping on me in the rubbermaid aisle, Mrs. Wilson?
I keep semi-joking to my husband that if only I had enough rubbermaid bins, I would magically be organized.

By: Mindi

Mindi — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:50:58 +0000

Whenever I think of Martha’s sheets tied with a ribbon, I also try to remember that this woman spent time in prison for a very bad business decision, and maybe not all of her decisions are worth emulating, although beautiful.

Tell the truth, how many of us read up on her even while she was in prison? We are fascinated by her.

She is kind of like watching an Olympic figure skater who is also a contract killer; you feel quite safe admiring her from a distance. The truth is we can be all be neat freak sociopaths (Everybody knows one.) if we want, but listen to Nancy; let’s not.

By: DanaRae

DanaRae — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:06:54 +0000

What ever we do we are to do to the glory of God. If we are bent towards cleaning then do it to the glory of
God; if we are bent towards playing with our kids and doing only survival cleaning then do it to the glory of God.
We should not do anything because of the eyes of (wo)man (or mother-in-laws) but to glorify God and enjoy the blessings He has given us. Anything done out of guilt or preassure is wasted time and effort.
Thank you for your post, it is something we all fall prey to, one way or the other.
Thanks.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:08:08 +0000

Bless you Nancy! Your blog is always refreshment and encouragement for my soul. The very first line made me laugh out loud as I read it - it was just exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you Nancy.

By: Blue Castle

Blue Castle — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:07:51 +0000

Oh thank you for this post! I was just talking with a lady from church who is my mother’s age. She was telling me how she spent the day cleaning out her fridge - with a toothbrush. I immediately thought of my messy fridge and felt guilty. It’s hard not to compare myself with others and wonder if they secretly think I’m a slob, and then feel condemned. Your article was just what I needed to hear.