Clutter

I remember time and again as a little guy walking into my Dad's office and seeing a mound of paperwork covering what at one time had resembled a desk of some type upon which one would conduct work, but you really couldn't tell it was a desk. It reminded me of our excercise equipment that has now turned into furniture...you know what I'm talkin' about! You buy it in January with every intention on using it at least three to four times a week and by February it now holds three pairs of pants, a couple shirts, and your favorite hoodie.

I absolutely hate clutter. Let me say that again for it bears repeating...I absolutely hate clutter. It drives me insane. It is increasingly difficult for me to concentrate when there is a great deal of clutter surrounding me. I can actually feel it crawling towards me and it actually sucks the oxugen out of the air making it hard to breath or even speak. Before I know it, it grabs me by the leg and drags me to the bottom of its depths like an alligator and rolls me around until I stop moving and gasping for air.

We are all attacked, each and every day by advertising clutter, music clutter, sound and video clutter, which can make it hard if not impossible to concentrate on what's important, or as they say in the 'ol country (Italy) Importare'. The clutter interrupts our thoughts, our mind, and can literally destroy our concentration. It detours our focus from where it needs to be...which is on God.

The more clutter we have in our daily lives, the more destracted we become until we come to a point where God is covered up by our clothing and the Bible has been burried under mounds of paperwork. We neglect to spend time in the word because we have fooled ourselvwes into believing that we have so much to do. Because we never shut off the radio, tv, or ipod, we never spend time in silence and being still, and wanting to hear HIS voice. And listen for his direction.

May I offer a suggestion? or a challenge? And if you're not up for something that may very well be the hardest thing you have ever had to do...then click away and read not further.

If you are serious about wanting to clear away some of the daily clutter that disrupts your focus from your Lord, and my Lord...then shut off the TV, and the radio, and the ipod, and the dvbd player. Find a quiet place in your house...and sit. Close your eyes. Relax. And listen. For 5 whole minutes. It may even change your life...if you allow HIM to. Do this, and it could give you a whole new perspective on this World Gone Mad.