Christian and Clutter

I've spent the morning doing something I abhor! I cleaned and organized my office. I found things I didn't know I had. I found things I wish I didn't have - dust bunnies are vicious creatures! I don't have the worst office in the history of offices, but it was bad enough. The orgnaizational piling system (YES I mean piling system) I've been using finally got out of hand and I couldn't get to my desk without stepping over my piles. It was time to clean. I tried to justify the chaos by saying I've been so busy and I've had so much to do and I've not had time to clean etc.... Does any of that sound familiar to you? I bet it does.

Each of us has a tendency to put off until another day those things that we don't want to do today. The problem with that philosophy, though, is that ultimately another day does come and you eventually have to do what you don't want to do. Procrastinators all are we! We don't like to face the difficult unlovely tasks of everyday life and if we don't like to face the unlovely in the realm of reality I bet we don't like to face the unlovely in the realm of spirituality. Just like reality there are things, often times undesirable things, that we have to address, file, trash, correct, etc... in our spiritual lives. In truth, our ability to manage reality often mirrors our ability to handle the spiritual. Now, it's not a pure science and neither is it a one to one comparison. So...the next time you see your co-worker's desk or your friend's living room, don't automatically assume their spiritual life is just as messy as their carpet or desk.

Having given the disclaimer, though, there is a mirror we see through when we compare our management of day to day things and in our management of our spiritual development. If we are prone to let the stuff pile up, we are probably neglecting spiritual things too. Maybe spring cleaning wasn't just something those gals in funny dresses on the plain used to do. Maybe they understood the importance of a properly ordered life - spiritually and otherwise. During this springtime day, why not take the time to do an inventory of your spiritual condition and, if needed, do a little spring cleaning. I'm sure you'll function a lot better without those spiritual dust bunnies weighing you down! Who knows? You might even need to take this springtime day and clean your house, too!