A Clean House

     I try to keep a clean house and actually like everything neat and in its place.  However, when I get involved in a project, whether sewing, crafting, or outside work, I have a tendency to let things go, and my house gets messy.  It was consoling to hear, during a movie, the comment, "Life is messy and it's okay for things to get messy too."  I understand that to the fullest; however, there is one thing I should never neglect and allow to get messy, and that is my relationship with God.  

1 Peter 2 "Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. ² Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, ³ now that you have tasted that the Lord is good."

Psalm 119:16 "I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word."

House-Keeping

     I feel really good about my house when it is clean and neat.  Yet, very seldom is everything in its place.  In fact, the first thing I do when having company is to throw all the clutter into drawers, cabinets, and closets.  I wouldn't want anyone seeing how much my house is in disarray.
     Is that the way we live our lives, too?  We hide away what we do not want others seeing in our lives.  This brings up valid reasoning.  God sees all.  As a Christian, He lives in my house so I have a responsibility to keep it clean.   
     One writer of my Sunday School book put it much this way, "Your heart is the spiritual home of God.  As homeowner, He has the right to go through every room and make the renovations that He desires because He owns the house.  He paid for it with His  blood."
     So, I ask myself, "Am I willing to allow God to make the required renovations to maintain a clean house?"

1 Corinthians 3:16   "Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?"