Diminishing The Darkness By Lifting Up the Marvelous Light Of Jesus Christ
| From The Editor -- by Marcia Greenwood | May 2008 |
Spring has sprung – as the
saying goes. Snow is melting, grass is
turning green, flowers are blooming and trees are budding forth-new life.
Just as we see nature turning its back on the old and reaching forth to new life we must do the same. We need to get rid of the old broken, decaying areas of our life and allow for new growth to take over, bud and blossom.
Just as many of us use the term ‘spring cleaning’ to tackle our homes and freshen them up by getting rid of old clutter, dirt and dust that has accumulated over the winter - we must take time to do some ‘spring cleaning’ spiritually in ourselves also.
Just as we would not stuff something in the closet or hide it under the bed when our desire is to get rid of it – we must not ‘stuff down’ anything inside of us that prevents us from receiving God’s best. We must learn to take authority over it right away and cast it off and get it out of our lives.
We must throw out the clutter and cut off anything that is drawing us away from spending time with God. Our goal should be to get nearer to God by walking and talking with Him –abiding in Him and He in us.
If we have been full of worry in the past, we have the choice to replace worry with peace, joy, calmness and happiness. If a seed of bitterness has sprung up – it is up to us to pull it up by the root and receive a harvest of love and free flowing forgiveness towards others.
1 Peter 5:7 tells us to cast all of our cares or anxieties on God because He cares for us. To cast means to throw out quickly, we don’t want our cares to take root inside of us. We must get rid of them immediately.
Isn’t it time for all of us to do some ‘spring cleaning’ in our lives?
Just as we see nature turning its back on the old and reaching forth to new life we must do the same. We need to get rid of the old broken, decaying areas of our life and allow for new growth to take over, bud and blossom.
Just as many of us use the term ‘spring cleaning’ to tackle our homes and freshen them up by getting rid of old clutter, dirt and dust that has accumulated over the winter - we must take time to do some ‘spring cleaning’ spiritually in ourselves also.
Just as we would not stuff something in the closet or hide it under the bed when our desire is to get rid of it – we must not ‘stuff down’ anything inside of us that prevents us from receiving God’s best. We must learn to take authority over it right away and cast it off and get it out of our lives.
We must throw out the clutter and cut off anything that is drawing us away from spending time with God. Our goal should be to get nearer to God by walking and talking with Him –abiding in Him and He in us.
If we have been full of worry in the past, we have the choice to replace worry with peace, joy, calmness and happiness. If a seed of bitterness has sprung up – it is up to us to pull it up by the root and receive a harvest of love and free flowing forgiveness towards others.
1 Peter 5:7 tells us to cast all of our cares or anxieties on God because He cares for us. To cast means to throw out quickly, we don’t want our cares to take root inside of us. We must get rid of them immediately.
Isn’t it time for all of us to do some ‘spring cleaning’ in our lives?
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