Let's Have A Good Ole Spring Cleaning.
Have You Ever Decided To Spring Clean Your House Or, In Particular, That Room? That Room Catches Everything, That One Place You Have Been Meaning To Dejunk But Never Got Around To, Yeah, That Room. Let's Go Into That Cluttered Room Called Our Mind; Let's First Open The Shades And Raise The Window. Let's Feel The Cool Breeze. Can You Feel The Coolness Of The Breeze? I Feel Better Already.
Now, Let's Put A Burn Barrel Outside Of The Window Of Our Minds And Get A Big Rolling Fire Going. Let's Look Around At All Of The Things In Our Room And Start Separating All Items One By One. Let's Make Three Area Zones: One Is To Burn, One Is To Keep, And The Last Is Items To Donate.
The Items In Our Room Are Our Thoughts. Let's Start With The First One That Stands Out The Most; It's Probably Very Old And Has Been Bothering Us For A Long While. It Is Something We Have Done Or Something Someone Else Has Done To Us. Will Not Deny Or Suppress It Any Longer. Let's Take This Thought And Examine It Thoroughly. We Are Not Afraid Of This Thought Because That Is What It Is: A Thought Or Remembrance. Let's Start By Asking Ourselves, Is This Thought Or Memory Beneficial? Does It Hold Any Value? Is It Worthy To Be Taking Up Valuable Space In The Room Of Our Minds? The Thought Is Old; Is It A Good Thought? If The Answer Is No, Ask, Does It Benefit Me To Keep It? If The Answer Is No, Then Ask Yourself If It Benefits Anyone Else If You Were To Give It To Them. If The Answer Is No, Throw It Out Of The Window Of Your Mind Into The Burn Barrel. Remember You Are In Charge Of Your Room, And You Are Responsible Of What You Decide To Keep. You Have Total Control; You May Have To Permit Yourself To Throw It Into The Burn Barrel, So Give It. Keep Telling Yourself That This Is The Room Of My Mind To Do Whatever I Want; You Do Not Need Permission From Anyone Else, Just From Yourself. For Hoarders, Decluttering Is Tricky; You Overthink. When We Declutter, We Need To Make Quick But Necessary Decisions To Reform Our Minds.
When We Burn All Of The Junk, It Will Be Gone Forever, And It Will Not Be Able To Come Back In. If We Had Put The Trash Into A Garbage Bag, We Are Providing Ourselves With The Opportunity To Go Through It And Take Things Back. Keep Telling Yourself I Am Placing These Harmful Things In A Fire, And They Will Be Gone Forever. After A Good Decluttering, The Room Of Your Mind Has Free Space To Be Used For The Thoughts And Memories You Want To Keep. You Now Have The Space To Spread Out All The Items You Have Decided To Keep. Your Thoughts Are Light, And Your Memories Can Be Cherish And Beneficial To You. A Reminder Though, When You Burn One Bad Thought, Replace It With One Good One. If You Don't, That Free Space Will Be Prime Realestate For Something Else To Creep In, And It Could Be Worse Than The One You Burned. Jesus Explains It Better Than I Can So Read,
Matthew 12:43-45
When The Unclean Spirit Is Gone Out Of A Man, He Walketh Through Dry Places, Seeking Rest, And Findeth None. Then He Saith, I Will Return Into My House From Whence I Came Out; And When He Is Come, He Findeth It Empty, Swept, And Garnished. Then Goeth He, And Taketh With Himself Seven Other Spirits More Wicked Than Himself, And They Enter In And Dwell There: And The Last State Of That Man Is Worse Than The First. Even So Shall It Be Also Unto This Wicked Generation.
Now That We Have Cleaned And Decluttered The Room Of Our Minds, We Can Deal With The Keep And Donate Items. When I Spring Clean, I Like To Rearrange My Room. I Want To Put Things That Have Been Shoved To The Back On The Front So I Can Enjoy Them Once Again. The Memories Are As Beautiful To Me As When I Acquired Them. I Can Now Enjoy A Clean, Healthy Space For Myself And Others. Next, The Items To Be Donated Become Clearer. The Donated Items Are Beautiful And Beneficial To Others. What Are These Items That We Can Donate? Well, The Things That Have Been Under All Of The Clutter, One Item Can Be Our Faith. When Our Minds Are Free Of Stressful And Depressing Things, Our Faith Is More Substantial, And We Remember What We Thought Was Lost.
We Can Recall And Share Our Wisdom, Knowledge, And Understanding Of The Lord And His Word. As Married Women, We Can Help Newly Married Women In Their New Adventure. We Can Help Others Learn To Cook, Sew, Or Be Good Homemakers. If We Have Jobs Outside Our Homes, We Can Help Others Become Better Employees. We Teach Others To Be Honest, Polite, Kind, And Generous. We Can Teach Manners And Morals That We Have Suppressed For So Long. There Is A Lot We Can Do Because We Can See What Has Been Neglected By Us. There Is The Spring Cleaning, But Let's Not Forget To Be Ready For The Winter Months. The Winter Months Are When We Shut Our Windows And Blinds To Keep The Cold Out, But We Are Also Keeping Out The Light. In The Winter Months, Darkness And Depression Can Come In. Cobwebs And Other Creepy Things Can Sneak In. Just Like People Have Coat Drives And Blanket Drives To Prepare For The Winter, We Must Also Prepare Spiritually. The First Thing We Need To Do Is Turn The Light On And Keep It On. The Bible Says In Psalm 119:105
Thy Word Is A Lamp Unto My Feet, And A Light Unto My Path.
The Winter Months Are When People Are More Alone Than Ever. People Are In Their Homes More With Fewer Phone Calls And Fewer Visitors In The Winter. Habits Of All Ages Are Changed. From Children To The Old, Everyone Needs Light. The Light We Acquire During The Winter Will Be An Asset You Can Donate In The Spring.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, Brethren, Whatsoever Things Are True, Whatsoever Things Are Honest, Whatsoever Things Are Just, Whatsoever Things Are Pure, Whatsoever Things Are Lovely, Whatsoever Things Are Of Good Report; If There Be Any Virtue, And If There Be Any Praise, Think On These Things.
Proverbs 23:7a.
For As He Thinketh In His Heart, So Is He:
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I Fear, Lest By Any Means, As The Serpent Beguiled Eve Through His Subtilty, So Your Minds Should Be Corrupted From The Simplicity That Is In Christ.
Romans 12:1-2
I Beseech You Therefore, Brethren, By The Mercies Of God, That Ye Present Your Bodies A Living Sacrifice, Holy, Acceptable Unto God, Which Is Your Reasonable Service. And Be Not Conformed To This World: But Be Ye Transformed By The Renewing Of Your Mind, That Ye May Prove What Is That Good, And Acceptable, And Perfect, Will Of God.
Ephesians 4:29-32
Let No Corrupt Communication Proceed Out Of Your Mouth, But That Which Is Good To The Use Of Edifying, That It May Minister Grace Unto The Hearers. And Grieve Not The Holy Spirit Of God, Whereby Ye Are Sealed Unto The Day Of Redemption. Let All Bitterness, And Wrath, And Anger, And Clamour, And Evil Speaking, Be Put Away From You, With All Malice: And Be Ye Kind One To Another, Tenderhearted, Forgiving One Another, Even As God For Christ's Sake Hath Forgiven You.
Donna K Purifoy
12/06/2023
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