White Carpeting

The workers just finished pulling up my white carpeting to put down oak floors. The pounding has been going on all morning as they have to tear up the sub floor also. I have been pondering, since I made the decision to get wood floors, if I made the right decision! I love the warmth of carpeting and yet I dislike how it gets dirty so easily. The bottom line is: Don't get white carpeting! My thought was that the children are all raised and on their own, so now I will get something really luxurious like white carpeting! Somehow I forgot that we adults track in everything that is outside too, and also we don't live on an island by ourselves and many people come and go here, so it is hard to keep it spotless! I have always known that God opened the door for us to have our present home and that it really doesn't belong to us but to Him. So therefore, my desire is to have it reflect His glory. I know that God is a God of order and cleanliness so by replacing the white carpeting and putting in oak floors I pray it will have a fresh, clean look to it! It is a lot like my spiritual life, in the respect that I need to keep it fresh and renewed daily! Have a wonderful week with many of God's blessings!