There’s a lot of housework
for us all to do
in our house –
washing and drying dishes,
brushing floors,
tidying rooms
and dusting.

The housework gets done
eventually
and sometimes
reluctantly!

But as soon as we turn our backs,
dirty dishes stack by the sink,
washing accumulates in the bathroom,
dirt appears on the floor
and we have to start
all over again.

Our household chores
never seem to stay
done and dusted!

My spiritual life
feels the same.
The trials and challenges
that I work so hard
to overcome one day
await me the following day as well
and I find that each day
I need to start afresh.

Each day
my cross undoubtedly awaits me
but so too does the opportunity
to wipe the slate clean
of all of my failures
and to live this day in faith
with My God
right by my side.

When I look at my spiritual life,
and at my shortcomings there,
I give thanks for the fact
that nothing inmy spiritual life stays
done and dusted!

(c) Claire Murray