Reflections by the Pond for January 5, 2009: Cleaning Out [2009-01-05]
While everyone else around this time of year vows to lose weight, go jogging every morning, make more money, finally whip that storage closet into shape, or just be a better person in general, the believer should be taking stock of his or her spiritual life--which is, in fact, the entirety of life. For followers of Christ, there is no bright line demarcating the spiritual from the temporal. We are now spiritual beings; our relationship with God, through Christ, by means of the Holy Spirit is a 24/7, minute-by-minute thing that does not cease on Sunday morning when the preacher closes with "Amen."
And, of course, we need not wait for the calendar page to turn from December to January. We need not wait for a new year to take stock of the condition of our end of this relationship. There is never a bad time to winnow the chaff from our life.
No matter the calendar page, it is always a good time to root out and discard anything that might entice us off the righteous path. And when we do, we make new room for that which builds up and sustains what we are now.
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