Wow, I just spent the afternoon cleaning my room, going through every storage box in my closet, finding stuff that I never use and putting some in the garbage, some into another bag for the Salvation Army and some to sort through later, my whole room was a mess of things that I rarely think about or use. The sad thing is, I put the majority of it back into my closet again thinking "what if I want to come back to it someday and it's not there?" It's sometimes really hard to let go of old toys, favourite sweaters, stuffed animals, sometimes even cute old socks with holes everywhere. Yet there are other things that I would just love to throw away, but don't have the heart to go through with it because they were gifts from people I love, but oh, some of the stuff is so gross. *Shiver*
Isn't that the way it is with life though? Everyone has stuff deep down inside that we have a hard time letting go of. Baggage that we just can't give up. Hatred towards people who have hurt us. Unforgiveness for others who have hurt us unintentionally and deep down we think it would be fun to hurt them back. Moments we want to redo over again, but can't, so we just keep hanging on wasting time thinking about how we wished it never happened. There is so much that should be given up, burned, or thrown out, it's so hard to carry through with the process of getting rid of it all, but we must. I must! Some stuff can stay, there is good stuff that is still current and useful and some is best shared with others to make them smile, but life is so much easier and less cluttered when the nasty stuff is dealt with and gone completely. When we let God do the cleaning and let Him show us which stuff needs to be dealt with it's best because he's very thourough. He has discretion as to what can stay and what must go, but we must let Him have free access to get it all out in the open before we'll start to feel the big change He's making!
It feels good to get rid of useless junk! It has been a very successfull day. I'm glad God doesn't get tired!
