Do you ever wake up on a Monday morning and find yourself overwhelmed with a cluttered and confused mind and heart?
What has to get done today? Is that Science Fair Project due today? Which kid goes where today? What if it rains all week? Who do I need to talk? Does the car have enough gas to get to work? How should I respond to that request from yesterday? Did I pay the mortgage? What size spark plug did I need for the leaf blower? The trouble is that that is just the top layer of clutter. There's a whole other layer or two left over from last week, as well as that ever growing layer that hoards concerns for the future. I know what to do when my desk or my closet get cluttered: Trash it. Donate it. Reorganize it. I think I may need to do some of those same things with the clutter in my heart. There are some items that just need to be trashed or deleted. I don't have any control over them anyway, and it is not even my place to worry about it. Jesus reminds me that "You can't even add a single hour to your life by worrying." Other things need to be donated. There are pieces of clutter in my mind, tasks that need to be accomplished that I can't merely ignore, but instead they are really someone else's responsibility. I just need to give them permission and empower them to do what they need to do. There are other issues that are laying on the top of my desk or my mind that I just need to reorganize. I need to put them back where they belong. When my mind is cluttered it is because I've allowed my world to temporarily usurp the kingdom of God. Oswald Chambers writes, "Are we experiencing the 'much more' He promised? If we are not, it is because we are not obeying the life God has given us and have cluttered our minds with confusing thoughts and worries." "Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33
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Mary Corbett
11/2/2015 08:59:35 am
Excellent!
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