Monday, August 1, 2011

CLEANING OUT MY CLOSETS

I HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE A GARAGE SALE THIS COMING WEEKEND.  MY CLOSETS AND CABINETS ARE FULL AND I AM OVERDUE TO GET RID OF THE EXCESSIVE CLUTTER.  I AM BY NO MEANS A HOARDER, BUT IT IS STARTING TO LOOK THAT WAY....LOL.  THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE SOMEWHAT BUSY FOR ME.  I WILL BE LITERALLY CLEANING OUT THE CLOSETS OUT HERE ON NORRIS. 

WHEN WE STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, EVERYTHING WE DO IN LIFE CAN HAVE SPIRITUAL CONNOTATIONS.  JUST THE THOUGHT OF CLEANING OUT MY CLOSETS MAKES ME THINK ABOUT THE AREAS OF MY LIFE WHICH GOD HAS SO GRACIOUSLY CLEANED UP, THINNED OUT AND SEPERATED.  I JUST "THINK" I HAVE A BIG JOB AHEAD OF ME!!!!  IN GOD'S EYES, I MUST HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST WRETCHED HOARDERS EVER SEEN.  I HAD STORED UP YEARS AND YEARS OF JUNK, GARBAGE AND CLUTTER INSIDE EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF MY LIFE.  I WAS CONTENT TO LET THE CLUTTER PILE UP, STACK UP AND TAKE OVER.  GET THE PICTURE? 

THAT ALL CHANGED ONCE I INVITED GOD OVER TO MY HOUSE................................

HE SHOWED UP JUST IN TIME AND WENT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY!!!  HE THREW OUT ALL OF MY RESENTMENTS, HE WASHED AWAY MY SORROWS, HE BOXED UP ALL OF THE JUNK AND HE THREW MY SINS INTO THE SEA OF FORGIVENESS!  HE SORTED THROUGH MY RELATIONSHIPS, TOLD ME TO FORGET MY PAST, WALKED THROUGH THE HALLWAYS OF MY LIFE AND FILLED MY HOME WITH HIS COMPASSION.  HE SHOWED UP EMPTY HANDED, WITH A GLOW OF LOVE ON HIS FACE.  HE USED HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD AS HIS ONLY CLEANING AGENT AND EVERYTHING APPEARED AS WHITE AS SNOW!  HE TAUGHT ME TO USE HIS WORD AS A GUIDE FOR ANY SITUATION WHICH MAY ARISE AND INSTRUCTED ME ON HOW TO USE GODLY REPENTANCE DAILY. 

THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY BEATS ALL I HAVE EVER SEEN.  NO HOUSEKEEPER OR CLEANING SERVICE COULD EVER HOPE TO BE AS THOROUGH. 

AND HERES THE BEST PART........................

IT DIDNT COST A DIME!  HIS SON PAID FOR IT ALL!!!!!
THANK YOU JESUS!

JOHN 15:2  "EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT DOES NOT BEAR FRUIT HE TAKES AWAY; AND EVERY BRANCH THAT BEARS FRUIT HE PRUNES, THAT IT MAY BEAR MORE FRUIT"

PSALM 51:2  WASH ME THOROUGHLY FROM MY INIQUITY, AND CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN

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