Sane, Simple, Sacred: The Great Completer

The Great Completer

If you remembered The Big Reveal or Waiting in the Wings

these photos might interest you...

There's nothing so satisfying as projects completed.

In the case of the refurbished fence sections,

it seems that with their addition EVERYTHING close to them looks better!

My husband is the great (human) completer.

I admire the way he sticks with a project until it is finished.

He reminds me of my Heavenly Father, and with the Apostle Paul I can say,

I am certain that God, who began the good work within (me),

will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

(Philippians 1:6)

I admit that I'm quite a "project"....a work in progress.
I'm a strong starter but tend to lose my enthusiasm for completing things somehow...
That's only ONE of many things The Great Completer is working on in me.
Oh, how I'm looking forward to being "finished"!

Are you a better starter or finisher?
What's the most recent project (large or small) that YOU'VE finished?

15 comments:

BookieMay 19, 2013 at 8:21 PM
Super uses of that old fence that now looks so fresh and brand new!
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elizabethMay 19, 2013 at 9:09 PM
The table looks so beautiful! I love it! The fencing looks great too...but that table is my fav!
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DeboraMay 20, 2013 at 12:06 AM
What a pretty little garden and fence! In response to your question...I'm a better starter; but I'm working on being a finisher. I've been hearing a lot from my heavenly Father lately about being more disciplined...
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AnonymousMay 20, 2013 at 2:25 PM
Both the fence sections and the table look great. I am definitely a "starter" but I do enjoy seeing a project to the end. Right now it is a large afghan made of "granny squares" - just have to sew them together! Also have one sock of a pair finished and started the other. Little things are nice because you can take with you to appointments.
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RebeccaMay 20, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Oh, Ann! I DO like those granny square afghans - and you're right - it's nice to have projects you can take with you to appointments. Especially if you HAVE appointments :)
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FlowerLady LorraineMay 20, 2013 at 3:27 PM
I'm also a better starter. Love what your husband has done. It all looks GREAT.

FlowerLady
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Cheryl May 20, 2013 at 5:36 PM
Oh dear...you had to go and ask that! Then I'll admit that I am a better starter than a completer. If I were paid for all my unfinished projects...sigh...

When I consider carefully though, I realize that I do complete some too. I suppose that's life. I'd better complete unpacking from our vacation next. ;)

The verse you chose (Philippians 1:6) is a great encouragement!
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TamaraMay 20, 2013 at 9:31 PM
Oh Rebecca, these projects turned out lovely! The fence, the table with its Shaker simplicity. And, most, if not all were cast aways, is that correct?

What your husband does with his projects is what God does with our lives - if we yield to the Carpenter!
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DeeMay 21, 2013 at 4:04 PM
The fence looks great. It does give a completion to the look you had started. The added touch on the stair rail is really sharp. good idea.
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Leaon MaryMay 22, 2013 at 10:32 AM
I think Yourguy and Myguy would be friends like you n me are. ;)
I love picket fence anything and although I'm a good starter I wanna be a good finisher too.... run the race to win the prize right?! happysigh....
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PamelaJune 6, 2013 at 10:57 AM
80+ pages of ghostwriting. It was a good feeling to hit send. We want to put up some picket fence, too. It does make such a difference.
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"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It has also taught me alot about living in the immediate moment. I am somehow managing to live one day, one hour at a time." Madeleine L'Engle

FIVE CERTAINTIES
WITH WHICH TO
START YOUR DAY

God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

Sane, Simple, Sacred

Mercy

The Great Completer

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