Paper towels & Cover-up

I've been thinking a lot about paper towels and cover up stick.

I know...weird brain!

It's just that lately I have been using a LOT of both of those products!
Clean up spilled milk.
Clean up noodles on the floor.
Clean up drool from a little 4 year old.
"Clean up, clean up, everybody do your share!"

And, well, paper towels are the easiest method.

You see...huge mess on the floor...

and "Whala" (ok...not really sure at all how to spell that word, but you get my drift)

MESS IS GONE!

And then, my sisters, there is this little thing called age 40.
All of the sudden all those years lifeguarding at the Breda Swimming Pool appear to be popping up on my face! 
Sunspot on the nose. Sunspot on the cheek. Sunspot on the forehead.
Pimple on the chin.
And, yes, even ringworm from Africa!
40!!! Yikes.

Lots and lots of cover-up!

I asked my sister "At what point is it no longer considered cover-up? But rather foundation?"

But once again, "Whala"  MESS IS GONE!

So, I was thinking...

Sometimes I think we expect God to be our papertowel and our cover-up.
Sometimes we just want to spend hours at the pool and then tell God to clean up our sunspots.
We want to spill the milk and have God clean up the mess.

Too figurative for ya all?
Ok...how about this...

We want to use harsh words with our hubby and then have God transform him.
We want to ignore our children so we can have time on the computer or phone, and then ask God to change their hearts!
We want to spend like crazy at Target but then pray for prosperty.

Do I need to keep going?

Yeah...ouch...

So...today Lord, forgive me for the cover-up act I try to do. Forgive me for expecting you to clean up the mess that I put myself into. I know you are the Savior Lord and I trust in you one hundred percent, but Lord help me to live according to your Word, within the realm of your will, not one step outside of it in the MESS! And Lord, even though I know you offer forgiveness, let me think before I act, before I speak, before I move!