Today I decided to clean out a particular room of the house as if I were moving. Believe it or not, that puts a whole new mindset into the cleaning process. As I went through closets and drawers and shelves, I was amazed at how much junk I had allowed to accumulate. Geez, most of the stuff was just "stuff" and taking up space preventing the use and storage of actual usable items.
There were three distinct categories:
1. Things to be thrown away because they are not needed and are taking up valuable space.
2. Things which I did need to utilize and can't because they needed cleaning or some type of repair
3. Things I put on a list which are needed to make the room more functional all together.
And then, I had the obvious epiphany!
I needed to sit down and get before my Father and do the same thing with myself. I began to examine those habits and thought processes which needed to be thrown away as junk because they are certainly not needed and are taking up too much mind share. (oh boy, there is more than I care to discuss and it will take more than a day to get rid of those) Then I began to take a look at those things (Love, Kindness, Sharing Christ, Patience, Joy, etc. etc.) which were not being utilized to their fullest from lack of use or they were in need of repair. And (yep you got it) I am making a list of things which I know of at this point which will make me a better human being while on this planet. (whew - this list is really long)Funny how much can be learned about life while you're cleaning :)
