Yesterday Barry and I took on the dreaded task of cleaning out our garage. It seems like we attempt this often, only to kind of push all the junk to the sides so that we can park our cars in there. Very rarely do we actually go through what’s on the shelves and clear out the things we haven’t used in the last five years. So, yesterday we did it. We purged old paint cans, made a pile of things we’ll take to goodwill, we even found some things we can take back to Home Depot that had never been used…still in the bag! Made me realize how wasteful we really are.
It also made me realize that I’m guilty of doing this not just with the junk in our garage but with the junk in my life. I know there are things in my life that I need to purge…bad habits, activities that waste time, things that I allow to consume my thoughts. Sometimes I’ll even admit to myself that I’ve already dealt with the junk…only for it to rear it’s ugly head once again. Sometimes it’s easier to just push all the ”junk” to the side and ignore it. Maybe it’s time to confront some of the junk head on, take it to the curb and leave it there!
Most of the junk doesn’t need to be revisited. It doesn’t deserve my time. There’s no point in going back to it again and again and again once I’ve cleared it out. It’s done. Over. Forgiven.
Psalm 103
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us
I am thankful for this reminder that God gave me yesterday…even if it took cleaning out the garage for me to get it!
