Mopping the Floor with Your Words

Mopsy

This is Mopsy, a special friend. My cousin Raymond’s wife, Sylvia, put her together. Before, Mopsy hung around in a store, just being a mop. Sylvia, who lived in Alaska at the time, put her talents to work, and fashioned something pretty out of nothing.

I’m partial to Mopsy, because Sylvia gave her to my mother. Mom took her to California, and Mopsy adorned her bed for a long time. Before Mom passed away this year, she gave Mopsy to me.

           Mopsy’s here to help illustrate the scripture in Galatians 6:9– “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

            God is putting us together; however, we may look like Mopsy before she was finished, a plain and simple old mop, if we faint, become utterly spiritless or exhausted, before we reach the goal He has for our life.

            Sometimes things can seem upside-down. It can be filled with raising families; working jobs, volunteering at church. Sometimes it can be filled with nothing. Either way, we can become weary, and faint.    

            So, what do we do? We can look to examples of those who could have become exhauted.

• Noah, could have grown weary building that massive ark. Can you imagine, living at the top of a mountain building a boat, with no water around? It took him 100 years to build. If it wasn’t for his tenacity, noone and nothing would be here. Not even rainbows.
• Abraham stood in faith waiting 25 years for what usually takes nine months. His faith produced a Father of many nations.
• Joseph certainly could have given up. The tribe of Jacob may have been destroyed if it wasn’t for him. His faithfulness saved his family, Israel, and the Messianic line.

Our greatest example is Jesus. He persevered through crucifixion. You may say, “Well, others were crucified.” Yes, but they deserved it.

          When we’re at our point of exhaustion and feel like we’re mopping the floor with our words, we need to push forward. We’ll reach our reward if we employ what these champion examples did–if we exercise tenacity, as Noah; faith, as Abraham; faithfulness, like Joseph. If we look forward to His purpose and vision for our life as Jesus did, we’ll overcome.

         What will you be if you give up and what effect will it have on those around you? Faint not. Let God finish fashioning  your life. Mopsy didn’t turn out bad.

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