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Jan 17

Attention to Detail is the Scriptural Means

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much…

Luke 16:10a

A person who thoroughly and consistently does what they are supposed to do, has started well on the path to faithfulness. The next important component is the insight Christ gives here: faithfulness is an expanding process. Attending to details with no eye to purpose only results in burrowing a deep hole by spinning around the same small patch of detail and responsibility.

Faithfulness means attending to that little patch of responsibility, but seeing through the details to the purpose beyond. A purpose-focused detail attender grows along an expanding spiral of competence and influence in life, instead of digging a hole. Faithfulness is much more about attending to little in the context of embracing the big, than dependably doing the same thing  every time.

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Jan 16

Consistency is the Scriptural Priority

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish plucks it down with her hands. Proverbs 14: 1

Thoroughness is one thing; consistency is another. We can thoroughly clean once a year, but not attending to anything after even the best deep cleaning will not maintain a consistently clean living environment.  Too often, I’m afraid we treat cleaning as if it were an activity that we should never need do again if we could just  “do it right” once. Wrong. Cleaning is like Bible study. Oh, wait. That’s another thing people think they can dabble at with good results, isn’t it? Both cleaning and Bible study are like eating: they have to happen consistently for good results. Good workable systems and well-organized storage do make things easier to maintain, but nothing is maintenance-free. Read more

Jan 15

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Thoroughness is the Scriptural Goal

Whether therefore, ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10: 31

Routine housework and drudgery seem to go together, meaning routine housework provides great opportunities to apply the “whatsoever ye do” part of this verse. The repetitive, never done, and always needing doing (again) part of housework seems a far cry from the majestic glory of the Holy God.  Read more

Jan 14

Acquiring More vs. Frugal Stewardship

For the most part, Clean Cup Cleaning is not about money or financial decisions, other than two obvious facts. First, spending money is the primary way we collect cleaning equipment and supplies. While brooms and window cleaner are not normally expenses that break the household budget,we have to remember that many of our mechanical maids are first and foremost cleaning tools (think washer, dryer, vacuum, water heater, dishwasher). Those are items that can make a dent in any budget, especially when they break down unexpectedly.

The second obvious fact is that spending money is the most common way we increase our cleaning and upkeep requirements. We buy more, and house more, and maintain more—and more—and more. An ongoing stewardship principle is determining if we really should use some of the money we have to acquire or add something in the first place.  To that end: Read more

Jan 13

What Do You Think of This?

A far more secular slant on the ‘health benefits’ of resting one day out of seven is found here. What do you think?

Personally, I always find it amazing that people can make money from the Lord’s “good advice.” The article engendered some little family discussion about what work really is. What do you think? Your family? Of course, I was particularly pleased to see mentioned what I have long said about keeping the day free: it makes you spend the other days more wisely and you tend to plan better. Both back planning and profitable inefficiencies are the time tools that get the greatest work outs when someone attends to a day of rest. Read more

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