As I'm cleaning out our house and piling things in our garage for this weekend's garage sale, I am overwhelmed at the sheer volume of "stuff" I/we have accumulated. We have so many clothes/shoes/books/photo albums/gift bags/kitchen gadgets, etc that I just don't know what to do with it all. How did all of this even fit in our house to begin with? Where did we put it? Why did we have it? Did we even use it?
And then another question hits me - how often do we clean out our hearts? Do we store things in there that should be thrown out too? I'm sure we all do - I know I am guilty of it. Maybe as I'm cleaning out my house it's also time to clean out my heart. Get rid of some of the hurts I am, for some reason, holding onto. Get rid of the feelings about things that have happened in the past that should stay in the past. Learn what I need to learn from those experiences and move on. Tear it up, throw it out, and move on.
So that is my task for this week as we gear up for our Garage Sale this Saturday. Not only cleaning out my house, but cleaning out my heart and soul as well. Only good things should be in there - good, relevant, helpful things. And those things won't need a price tag like the newborn clothes that Reagan has outgrown will!
