Blogger Friend School – #8 {Dirty Laundry}

Posted on by

Part 1

My laundry room is also my pantry, and is right off of the kitchen.  I do most of the laundry, although the four older children (ages 6-12) all know how to do it, and will switch it for me when asked or put a load in on occasion, usually when they need something.  My older three boys have three baskets downstairs: one for pants (because they always seem to run out of them!), one for darks, and one for lights.  The three little ones have one basket in their room for their dirty clothes, which I sort as I load it.  Dh and I have two baskets in our closet: one for darks, and one for lights.

I try to keep up with it, but is hard with so many of us, especially when I wind up being gone alot.  I do get frusterated when dh announces: "Do I have any…in these baskets??  Yes, my biggest struggle is with folding the laundry.  The older three almost always fold their clothes while I read to them, and my daughter, who just turned 6, folds the towels, rags and washclothes.  My two y/o is probably going to be starting to do that job, so she can start folding her clothes.  But there are full baskets of laundry sitting around the livingroom, more days than not.  I would like to get shelves in the laundry room so I can have plenty of space to fold it in there, but I haven’t gotten that far yet in our remodel.

Part 2

Hmm…I definitely struggle with anger, especially wih hollering at the kids.  Dh and I are really trying to change that.  I am definitely better than I used to be.  I rember crying once because I didn’t want them to remember me that way.  God is working in me to change that.  I have struggled with depression in the past as well.  It kind of runs in my family.  I have had to learn to give it all to God, and let Him carry me when I am feeling overburdened.  Trust is a big savior when faced with being overwhelmed.

Part 3

Colossians 3:8-17  But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;  and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:  where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

This really made me think that just as we take off the dirty garments, we are to take off the old man, the man who is angry and hurtful, and put the clean clothes on, those of mercy, kindness, longsuffering, etc.  This verse really puts the first two parts together of this assignment.  I think I might make a plaque of this verse and hang it in the laundry room.

Off to switch loads for the night….

22 thoughts on “Blogger Friend School – #8 {Dirty Laundry}”

  1. Great verses, Grace! Thank you for sharing your struggles ~ we're all a work in progress! 😉

    Blessings,

    Trish

    P.S. I'm jealous that you live in Alaska ~ we lived there a few years ago, but the Air Force moved us back to Arkansas. Someday we'll move back up to Alaska! :)

    Reply

  2. Anger seems to haunt us all, doesn't it. Thanks for sharing your insightful post and uplifting Scriptures.

    Blessings,

    Ginny

    Reply

  6. That is a beautiful verse, and your thoughts on it are great. Thanks for sharing about your struggle with anger, I can relate. You did a wonderful job with the assignment this week. Julie

    Reply

  7. Encouraging words from the WORD. I love the one saying "let the peace of God rule in your hearts".

    Great reminders.

    Libby

    Reply

  9. I like your post…anger used to be an issue with us too, but we had unusual circumstances that caused that anger…my niece was living with us and was very rude and disrespectful toward my daughter and husband, so she had to leave…now, life is once again peaceful! Great scripture and I like the way you went on the give the details of it. Thanks for making my day brighter!

    Nancy

    Reply

  10. I can relate to the anger. I find if I don't have my quite time with God before school starts . . . it's all battle from there. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply

  13. Hi Grace.. I have 4 sons and one daughter.. I think we'd have a blast together.

    My first visit here.. because of BFS

    Reply

  14. Grace ,

    thank you for sharing about your physical laundry and spiritual laundry. I am like you in the anger issues. I love your analogy. God has been working on this and healing me. I have come a looong way and I still have to keep my heart in check and receive my strength from HIM.

    blessings and ((hugs)) my SSiC

    In Him<><

    -Mary

    I hope to get up my post tomorrow for BFS. Life has been FULL.

    Reply

  16. Hey, I read while he folds, too. It makes it so much more enjoyable for him. It's funny when he gets mesmerized by the story though, and forgets what's he's doing. Do yours do that? All these stories have "Keep folding…" inserted into them.

    I went through the thing where I decided not to raise my voice any more at the kids. It does work. Maybe you could think to avoid hearing them say, "You're yelling at me." or something. There's hope….

    Reply

  17. I enjoyed reading your post. It helps to know that I am not the only one who struggles with things. Thank you!

    Blessings from your new Blogger Friend,

    Jen

    Reply

  18. Thanks for posting about your struggles with anger – I used to have that difficulty in my life too (but I've mellowed with age!!)

    Great verses –

    Have a good week,

    ~Chrissy

    Reply

  20. Ahhh, the magical question, "Do I have any clean….". Sometimes I want to reply, "Why yes, just ask the laundry fairy where she put it." LOL

    I too struggle with the yelling. I have been to the point of tears after the fact and the guilt is no good to hold onto. My hubby has a very deep voice and so there little need for him to get loud. He has a lot of base in his voice. I am trying, one day at a time, to quiet down a bit. The kids can hear me and often listen closer if I speak quietly to them rather than yell. So, just to let you know, you are not alone. With prayer and determination oh and of course help from the Lord, we can do this. Laundry isn't fun yet it must be done. Thanks for sharing.

    Stacy

    Reply

  21. Hey!

    Thanks for checking out those kneecaps! I was really wondering. That is just soooo weird! (My daughters' computer teacher sent me those.) Seems like they would need them for crawling around on the floor, doesn't it? Maybe it makes it easier for them. That's a thought, now.

    bethanyrae

    Reply

  22. Hello from a fellow classmate! I find it amazing how we all tend to struggle with similar things in our lives. As I have been reading over others assignments, I find I am seeing a lot of the same "dirty laundry". Rest assured, you are not alone!

    Blessings!

    Kim

    Reply

Leave a Reply