For most people, this time of the year means ~ Spring Cleaning!!! Time to freshen up your house from the winter and get everything swelling good and clean. You make your to-do list of everything you want to get done around your house. Maybe if you are like me, I start on the outside of my house by doing the windows. It's the beginning of beautiful weather and I love to have clean windows to open up and let all the fresh air in. Then I go from room to room cleaning from top to bottom. There is nothing more gratifying then having a sparkling clean house. Call me crazy, but I love to clean!! Not only at my house, but for others also. I love to help people clean and organize their homes. Okay so I'm not so crazy about cleaning toilets but other than that, I do get joy from a clean home.
Have you noticed when you have your house clean and in order it just makes you feel better. You are never ashamed or embarrassed if someone should just show up at your house, or your husband invites some friends over at the last minute. Or maybe a clean house is just not important to you. You don't care what other people think. It definitely doesn't make you feel good, but you just don't want to take the time to make it better. You say to yourself, " I don't want to clean, my house is fine just the way it is."
What about your heart? Does your heart need some Spring cleaning? Or do you think you are fine just the way you are.
I love Psalm 51:10 ~ Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Quoted from the Message it says," Soak me in your laundry and I'll come out clean, scrub me and I'll have a snow-white life."
A lot of times we have so much "JUNK" in our hearts that it starts to affect how we live. Maybe it's a deep dark sin that you don't want anyone to know about. It could be that unforgiving spirit you have towards someone. It could be bitterness, envy, hatred, impure motives.
Whatever "Junk" you may have in your heart, It's time to clean it out!!! God wants us to have a pure and clean heart so others may see Jesus shining from our lives!! Make a to-do list of everything that needs to be cleaned out of your heart. Ask God to reveal those things to you and then ask Him to forgive you.
It's pretty simple. Just say, "Hi, God, I have my soap and scrub brush ready! Show me what it is in my heart that needs to be cleaned out so that Your Son Jesus may shine through me for others to see."
Trust me, I know you will feel so much better!! Your spiritual house will be in order and God will be able to use you as His clean vessel.
So are you ready to clean house?? Get rid of all those lingering cobwebs hiding in the corners of your life. Ask God to help you take out the garbage and clutter that are limiting the ways for others to see Jesus shining through you.
Let the Spring Cleaning Begin!!!
