I’ve been cleaning closets.  This is a continual process with me.  I am NOT good about it.  There are easy things to throw away, too big clothes.  There are things that are hard to let go.  They bring back memories.  So, when I clean closets, I choose what to keep & what to throw away.

Yesterday, I was going through boxes from a closet that I was cleaning.  These were boxes that had been kept from a previous cleaning endeavor.  In other words, most of the stuff was not easily discarded.

The boxes contained a mixture of things.  Business documents:  If they were less than 6 years old, keep.  If older than 6 years & not permanent documents, throw away.  Easy! Gift wrapping supplies.  Consolidate & move the usable paper, sacks, & bows.  Easy!  Cards from baby showers.  Stacks of sweet cards, this time I let them go.  Pictures, they all had to stay including picture Christmas cards.

Pictures of nieces & nephews as they grew.  Many made me grin! Pictures of Mark, in his 1st suit, holding a rodeo trophy, in his basketball uniform, showing cutting horses… Pictures of my brother & sister…  All happy memories.  Then pictures that reminded me where I failed.  Pictures of my best friend from college, we had been accused of being sisters.  Of her children, including my God-son, that I haven’t seen since he was a toddler.  Yes, I failed him.  What’s worse is I know it & I continue.  Letters from other tough times. Reminders of other things that I could have done better, much better. A whole laundry list of things!

My closets & my body are so much the same.  I choose on what to cling & what to let go.  Am I perfect? NO.  Christ has perfected me.

But here’s the truth of the matter, God still loves me!  Even when I mess up, do you know what he sees?  He sees His son in me.  I am continually washed by Christ’s blood.  I mean continually!  Praise be to my Lord!  Does that mean I continue to live in sin?  Read Romans 6, “May it never be!”.

During the Christmas season & everyday, I need to put Jesus where he belongs.  Have a blessed day!