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Declutter Your Life
What is clutter? So, then, clutter in our lives shows itself in confusion, noise, Our homes are cluttered and disorganized when we can't find Our time is cluttered when we have too many activities on the calendar and too much on our to-do list. Our relationships are cluttered when we continue to hold on to dysfunctional and hurtful people and/or we fill our days with meetings, committees, organizations, and conversations that are without any true value. Our emotions are cluttered with too many unresolved issues and unforgiveness, too much drama and too much time fighting fires rather than clearing the underlying brush. Our lives are taken over with clutter and we lose our way. We can't find the path because so much is in the way and we can't walk with Jesus without tripping over the clutter in our lives.
Clutter steals your energy for lifeEverything we own, every relationship we have, everything in our closets and drawers and desks, every unresolved emotion steals our energy for life. Every thing, every possession, every event, every relationship, every "should" and "could" and obligation either is filling us with energy for life or sucking the life right out of us.What if you could declutter your possessions, your emotions, your relationships, your life and get back your energy so that you can use it for the life Christ wants you to have? If you lived a simple life in all areas you would find that you would have far more energy, more peace and more joy.
Take a walk with JesusTake a deep breath and let yourself know that Christ is present with you. No matter what state you have allowed your life to become, He is still for you, likes you, loves you and is willing to help you clean up the mess.So, "walk" with Him through your home, work, emotions, relationships, etc. and let Him show you what you can let go of, what you can get rid of and what to hang on to. As you invision decluttering your life do you get a sense of the energy that you will have for what is most important? For example, wouldn't your home be more restful without the clutter? Wouldn't the relationships that are good be even sweeter with the life-sucking ones gone? Wouldn't your time to think and dream and love be freeded up as your schedule was? Get a very clear picture of a declutter area of your life and then make it happen. Take it one step at a time - don't want to clutter life up with decluttering. Make a plan, work on it a little each day and see your life emerge from under the rubble.
Learning to declutter is part of learning to live simply before the Lord.
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