Ivy Sue and You

    Cleaning out a closet is a daunting, emotional and exhausting task!! As I embark on tackling the years old accumulation of clutter and clothing I know I have to pace myself or I'll be sleeping on the floor due to what should be hidden away thrown out in the open and laid all over my bed!

    As I dig through the piles, I'm finding lost treasures from years past, baby clothes from my babies that are no longer babies, shoes from high school, clothes that were my moms and dads and grandparents that I've hung onto, clothes from early marriage. My emotions are so torn, I want to keep it all and revisit it in another walk down memory lane in the future, but I'm also drowning in 'stuff' and some things have to go!! If I want to continue wearing clothes that I've outgrown and are no longer in fashion then I can keep them, if I'd rather grow up and move on to more sophisticated apparel, I need to move on.

    Our spiritual closets are identical to our physical ones. Cluttered and full of things we have outgrown. We try to squeeze ourselves into old lifestyles, old prayers and infantile learning, but we must put those things aside if we want to grow in the Lord. It can be very hard taking all this from our spiritual closets; the things we've kept hidden away, now laid bare for all to see but we must make room for the fullness of God's word, we must get rid of the old from our lives and feel the freedom that physical and spiritual decluttering bring.

"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT