Psalm 11:7 (MSG) God loves getting lines straight

Psalm 11:7  (The Message)
A David Psalm

⁷God's business is putting things right;

      he loves getting the lines straight,
Setting us straight.  Once we're standing tall,
      we can look him straight in the eye.

Discipline is a difficult thing.  It's hard to hear you're not doing something right.  It's hard to get up every morning and exercise.  It's hard make to sacrifices during lent.  It's hard to go through every psalm.  It's hard to avoid addiction everyday when your brain tells you you're going to explode without the next shot of dopamine.  All of this, though, helps to get things straight - and getting things straight is God's business.

Looking for inspiration, I googled, "God loves getting things straight" and I found this quote from C.S. Lewis from Mere Christianity, which I think captures the challenge with the change that God is bringing in our lives as he straightens things up:

“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”

Dear God, help me to straighten up.  Give me courage as embark on this journey of change and prepare me the difficulties of those transitions.  I want to become that palace where you will come to live.  Help set me straight so that I can stand straight and look you in the eye.   Help me prepare for the journey you have in store for me.  Help me understand the changes you are making in my life.  Help me understand the parts of my life that I need to let go of.  So, that I may help you build the house in which you want to live.  For all this pray in your name, Amen.

Thanks for letting me share.