Jason and I sat down together a couple of weeks ago and made a LONG list of things we would like to do around the house to make our home cleaner and more organized before baby #3 gets here. Our big house project last weekend was to clean out our laundry room. Our laundry room had been our "catch all" room and it was time to weed out and organize. Apparently I used to be a really big fan of candles! Why does anyone need 100 tea lights? I still like to burn a candle occasionally, but ever since my first pregnancy I can't do scented stuff like I used to. In addition to candles we gathered up piles of cookbooks. Our sweet friends the Browns are pursuing adoption from Ethiopia and so all of this stuff will go to their garage sale that they are having to raise money to pay for all of the fees associated with international adoption.
In the midst of cleaning and organizing the laundry room we had piles of stuff all over the kitchen countertops and into the living room and dining room. The thought struck me that what we were doing to our laundry room is very similar to what God wants to be doing in my heart. If we had just always kept the door closed when company was over and didn't ever let anyone see our mess we could have kept living with chaos without anyone ever knowing. We could have kept up a really neat and tidy appearance. Bringing all of the junk out of the room that had built up and taken over made the rest of our house so unsightly for a couple of days. But getting the mess out and dealing with it was the only way to get that room into a healthier state. I want to be willing to open up and share the junk that is in my heart with others so that I can deal with it and have a healthier spirit.
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