I think that you love what you do when you know how to do it, whether it's something the world sees as

important or something it sees as drudgery. What's stopping you from tackling the stuff you have to do

is not really knowing how to do it, how to get started, how to make it a habit. Do your best to do

each thing competently, not perfectly, and add your own little touches

for your own and the Lord's enjoyment. Excerp from Competence versus Perfectionism by Lila

Lawler. In today's episode, we'll be exploring the importance of cleanliness in our homes,

not just for the sake of tidiness itself,

but to serve the well-being of everyone within our walls. We remember the proverb where there

are no ox in the stable is clean, and that reminds us that productive lives do come with a bit

of a mess. But could we be neglecting an important thing?

Could we even sometimes be using this very passage to excuse ourselves from real duties

that the Lord has given us?

Now, in today's society where cleaning products and practices are increasingly complicated

by modern regulation,

the simple act of maintaining a clean home seems more challenging than it once was.

For example, key ingredients in cleaning products like trisodium phosphate,

which once helped make soaps and detergents effective,

have been removed or restricted due to environmental concerns.

But these changes meant to improve our environment haven't necessarily led to better or safer cleaning

methods. Instead, we now have endless rows of extra stain removers and boosters just to achieve what

one reliable product used to do.

And so in today's episode, we'll be talking about the war on cleanliness.

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