A Series of Similar Circumstances

Many times over the last few weeks, I've had a thought for a post only to realize that I've already written it! Well, not actually written it. The circumstances that have stirred up the thought vary, but the thoughts are consistent. It has occurred to me that my life is pretty mundane. (You might argue that homeschooling four kids is not mundane, but we all get used to our particular "normal".) The busyness of sports and other activities ebbs and flows from season to season. Another school year follows summer. The beginning of a new month brings the same set of bills to pay. I cook and clean up messes. It's all just normal stuff. And in the midst of all that "normal" God is working out sanctification in my life. He is at work in me (and you, too, if you have believed in Jesus Christ for salvation) to make me fit for His presence. And what He begins, He ALWAYS finishes! =)

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:17-18
 
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:8-23