The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:25-26 (NLT)
It is Labor Day weekend in the United States. So, I decided that this weekend would be a good time to labor around my house. With all the activity in our lives, I don't always get to do a deep clean. We surface clean pretty regularly. We vacuum. We dust. We clean the counters but we don't always get into the crevices and corners.
Do you know what I discovered? I have a spider on steroids that lives in my house. Corner after corner I found cob webs. And as I cleaned them up, I thought "Why didn't I see those?" As I cleaned, I wondered "Is my life like this?"
Were there areas in my life that needed to be "cleaned" and adjusted that I didn't see? Are there places that needed to be swept and tidied so they looked more like the home of Jesus than the home of Elaine? Do I get so busy in my day-to-day that I forget to spend some time digging deep into God's Word?
I think just like my house and my spider on steroids, if I am not careful my life can also be overrun with corners that need to be cleaned. I need to spend more time in God's Word, more time in prayer and more time focusing on the places he wants me to tidy up. And just like looking around at my clean house, there is an immense joy and satisfaction in my heart after I spend time with God focusing on the places he wants spick and span.