Over Labor Day weekend, William and I decided it was finally time to tackle our garage. After 20+ years in the same house, with three kids who played every sport imaginable and countless home projects, the garage had become a catch-all for just about everything. Even more than we'd realized, because what we thought would be a one-day job turned into the full three-day weekend, and included three carloads to the dump, two to the thrift store, and the installation of a new storage system when we discovered the old one was in worse shape than we realized.

I will never argue that ignorance is always bliss, but in this situation, it certainly was. If we had known what we were getting into, we might never have started. But standing in a clean, organized garage three days later, I realized how powerful it can be to simply begin - not with a master plan, but with the intention to “just do a little.”

And I don’t just mean with garages.

In life, too, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by everything that needs attention. There are habits we want to change, relationships that need extra attention, and goals or dreams we’ve put off. Getting started can be intimidating. But in the stories of Scripture, God rarely reveals the full path upfront. More often, there's just a nudge to take the next small, faithful step.

Maybe we should take better note of that.

My prayer for you this week is that you remember you don’t have to have everything all figured out to begin. You just need to start with one step, one act of faith, one conversation, one small decision. One drawer at a time, so to speak. God will walk with you the rest of the way.

Blessings,
Jennifer