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Time to Clean House
Scripture Thought for the Week: Man is a mere phantom as he goes
to and fro; he
bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing
who will get it.
Psalm 39:6
Recently I watched as my Mom and Dads possessions were being
dispersed as they began
moving into a senior facility. All the items they kept for their
new home were only a drop
in the bucket to all that remained. It was truly an all
consuming project that needed a
quick completion so emotions and physical tiredness was put on
the back burner. We
emptied closets, drawers, storage bins, buildings and often came
across bits and pieces my
folks had kept for years. What should be kept? What should be
given to family members?
What should be offered to others outside the family? And those
questions continued to
circle our hearts and minds for days.
As the final objects were being removed from the last home they
will probably ever own,
we began to sigh with relief. Amid the busyness of this task we
were saddened by the
fact we no longer have a central place known as home. However,
we count our blessings
that Mom and Dad have a beautiful new abode. Their lives have
forever taken a new
course and so much of what they had worked for in the way of
material possessions has
gone in numerous directions.
I clearly remember the last time I came to the realization that
our belongings are just
stuff. It was as I stood by the casket of my paternal grandma,
whom I addressed asTata. Our family lived next door to Tata during
my childhood years and she dearly loved
her family and especially her photo albums. As I gazed into the
casket I suddenly
understood that we came into this world with nothing and we will
leave it the same way. All
the things we feel we need and/or love of a material nature will
perish. They will be
passed to another that probably does not share your particular
sentiments or they will be
taken to the local dump or flea market. In fact, we saw truck
loads of objects from Mom
and Dads house headed to the graveyard collection of unwanted or
no longer needed.
When God does call Mom and Dad to their eternal home, none of
what made the trip totheir new earthly dwelling will accompany
them. What a lesson to be learned regarding
material possessions and exactly what is it we need in life? As
we returned home I looked
at my husband and commented, Its time to clean house. There must
be countless
articles within our current home that another person might truly
need or enjoy. We, on
the other hand, have packed away too many things for a day we
mightagain need them.
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The day is now and the need is real for others. Let us give out
of the abundance of what
we have been blessed with in this life.
All that really counts is what we have accomplished for the
Master. What have we done to
share the gospel with the lost? Have we clothed, fed or provided
for the homeless, the
widow, or the orphan? Have we shown Gods love by simply giving
of what we have stored
that probably we have forgotten about? This fact was visually
shown to me over the past
few weeks and I pray that with compassion and the Holy Spirit as
my guide, I will put
actions to this insight. It truly is time to clean house!
Father, although it was sad to watch so many items my Mom and
Dad loved and held
dear be swept into the bed of a truck headed for a wasteland, it
brought home a
valuable lesson. Those items of importance this side of heaven
is our salvation and
the deeds we do for Jesus Christ. May we be worthy of the
calling you have on our
lives. Please teach us to share what we have with others in need
and enable us to
willingly and with compassion clean our homes and our hearts of
anything that
distracts us from working for the Kingdom of God. In Jesus name,
Amen!
