Thoughts on thoughts
So, I'm finally starting to clean out the clutter. It's a big job, but very necessary for me right now. I started with a few smaller places just to kinda get my feet wet and I'm feeling pretty good about it after its all done. I don't know what it is about junk and clutter; its so easy to accumulate it and then I put it in little piles in different places and before you know it, its everywhere. (Well I have a knack of hiding it behind doors and things so it "appears" to be clutter free, but isn't). And why do I hold onto stuff anyway? Why is it so hard to throw things away? Yeah, I know, this is pretty trivial stuff, but it's where I'm at today.
After my last post, I was thinking that once I finally said it out loud (or wrote it down) that I was struggling in this area, I was able to put my thoughts into action as opposed to letting them swim around in my head and growing larger and larger in my own mind. I have a tendency to think about things too much and then am afraid to do anything because it seems too overwhelming.
Thoughts can really mess me up sometimes. When I get thinking in my head for instance, about whatever, say, my junk, and I start getting overwhelmed by it, then I become cranky and it starts coming out in different ways. I start yelling at the kids, getting snappy with my husband, getting a headache, etc., etc. A wise friend of mine once said, "Let your thought life become your prayer life." I need to remember that more, because its easy for my thoughts to take over and get the better of me, but when I turn those thoughts into prayer, EVERYTHING changes. When I invite God into my thoughts, WOW, it's a whole different place. Things don't seem so big and even thoughts that don't belong are easily washed away when I talk about it with God.
Those are my thoughts for today, what about you?
posted by Tracy @ 2:05 PM
4 Comments:
Sound like thoughts to live by...:)
Thanks for the reminder! I get so overwhelmed with my huge list of to-do's, and when someone starts talking about the clutter....ouch! Try havin' the junk of three dead relatives and all the attachment issues that go with that! I read a great book about uncluttering, got motivated by it, lent the book out, and came to an abrupt stop. Maybe I should invite that God guy to help me! Sounds like He works miracles!!!
We do need to take a stand with more responsibilities Jessica. Good word. Welcome to the blog-world. I love you too!
Life clutter, mind clutter, spiritual clutter...all of it needs the Lord to clean it out. Isn't it funny that cleaning out closets can teach us lessons just about life in general? Keep digging and cleaning Tracey, there is a bottom to the mess! (smiley face)
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