678live’s Blog

In the middle of February until the middle of March I have gone through every closet, dresser, and storage bin in my house, and even tackled the dreaded garage in a massive effort to do spring-cleaning.  The dark days of February make me long for spring, so I had to do something to keep my mind off of the last days of winter.  I went through items that I have not seen for years that have stayed captive in the dark reaches of our closets.  I saw things I haven’t seen since we moved into our house 5 ½ years ago.

I set out over 25 bags of stuff on our porch this morning for the organization that was coming to haul it away.  When I came home at lunch, it was all gone.  Man, it feels great to have it all gone!

But, what all of this stuff in the closet made me realize was; in the dark lots of things can hide.  I think about all the areas in my life that I will neglect and allow to be “in the dark reaches of the closet.”  Areas of my thought life, my attitude, my actions, what I watch and take in, those areas that I know God wants to work on in my life.  Many times they are the areas that I like keeping in the dark because I think it is way too much effort to bring them to the throne of God.  I complain that they will take too much work, and that it is nicer to live life with them tucked away rather than out in the open, where the light it.  The areas that I know if I would just allow God to shine His Light in I would experience a new freedom in Him.

I know deep within me that God is not a God of condemnation, but the Almighty who so desires for me to find daily freedom in Him.  To continually move forward in my growth in Him and not get stagnate or allow things to hide in the dark.

I am reminded that each day I need to ask God to shine His Light on all areas of my life, and each new day God will give me the ability to lay them at His feet.  He alone is the one who can change those areas.  So when I expose all the areas of my life to His Light I can feel a new sense of “cleansing,” a new sense of freedom that only Christ can provide.

This kind of exposure isn’t easy, and it is only done with God’s strength and endurance, but then again doing spring-cleaning of a whole house and garage is worse!

Jen