self-discipline and its affects

I have really been aware of the lack of discipline in all areas of my life....however this is changing. I am Self-Discipline in all areas of my life! Yesterday I wrote about choices.....and yesterday I chose to do laundry, I washed the load, I dryed the load and here comes the amazing part...a great breakthrough regarding discipline......I folded the laundry and put it away!!! Right away!!! It was amazing feeling..I was very proud of myself. Before Either the laundry would sit crumpled untill I needed the clothes again, or it would get folded then sit untill I needed the clothes again! Ok next step to freedom is doing it again today! Choices! Everyday thinking before I do.
We also noticed how our lack of self discipline has been an example to our children.....so they have learnt lack of self discipline. Hopefully it will be easier to change because they only have 4-7 years no self discipline where I have had over 30 years!!! So mynew challenge today is being an example with my children,. saying sorry, and asking forgivingness, and then teaching them good habits especially be example! Father I thank you for your grace,,,,it is abounding and always there when I need it!! Father continue to teach me about discipline and how to accomplish goals.

I had another thought about lack of self -discipline.......I think a cause of lack of self- discipline could be self - hatred? or Self-esteem? If we don't love ourselves then why would we take care of our selves, or any part of ourselves.

Proverbs 25: 28
A person without self-control is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out. (Message)

Here without self control we have no sense of security, anything can get in a house without doors or windows, there is no protection, fear.....fear of buglars, fear of animals, fear of storms, fear of death, FEAR. Intresting isn't it? When we have self control or self discipline our house has doors and windows, we are protected from the outside unknowns!

If we have no doors or windows our house would look empty, deserted, unwanted, uncared for, incomplete, forgotten,
but with doors and windows...it looks amazing, safe, cared for, alive, beautiful....
I am imaging a beautiful house it is blue with white trim and a white picket fence. But somewhere along the life of this house it was blown up, the windows lay shattered on the ground, the doors have all been kicked in and are haniging by a broken hinge,,,,the house that once was so beautiful lay decaying in a mess.....yet
God sees this house and sees the beauty of it despite the rundown, broken house. God's spirit comes and breathes new life into the house, and bit by bit changes start to happen...He comes and picks up the front door, takes it , throws it away, and puts up a brand new solid door, then he goes to each window and door and does the same thing....untill the house is beautiful, new, complete.
wow Our Heavenly Father is amazing....Thank you Lord for your love, mercy and grace, for never letting us go! For changing us inside and out! I love you Lord!

So here is a very true verse ..that I think is funny! and taches us about self- discipline....a good lesson for me to learn !!!

Proverbs 25 ; 16
When you're given a box of candy, don't gulp it all down;
eat too much chocolate and you'll make yourself sick;

This next verse I thougt really pertained to fear...we can get so caught up in ourselves and our fear that we stay in our in our broken house....we never leave and we stay we fear, we worry, we fret, we are miserable...yet if we have a "Sound" Mind and trust our creator...then we are truly free to show, mirror God's amazing love and grace!

1 John 3: 18-20
My dear children, let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love. This is the only way we'll know we're living truly, living in God's reality. It's also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.

God is always knocking on our hearts, calling for us to see Him in a real light, to recognise his love, acceptance, grace, mercy, to accept Him. and we grasp the truth....then the Truth will set you Free! You will be given a new heart, a new joy, a new love, you will be complete!

Ezekiel 36-24
"'For here's what I'm going to do: I'm going to take you out of these countries, gather you from all over, and bring you back to your own land. I'll pour pure water over you and scrub you clean. I'll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I'll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that's God-willed, not self-willed. I'll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands. You'll once again live in the land I gave your ancestors. You'll be my people! I'll be your God!

Be encouraged to day.....know that you Father want to make you whole and give you a freedom you have never known before... Do you Trust Him today .....Are you willing to change? Be encouraged God's Grace, and love is more than sufficient!
Ask Him to reveal himself to you today!

Love you all!