Throw it away

I love the book of Ecclesiastes, where there is so much wisdom and direction. I have read through Ecclesiastes several times, and each time that I do, I find something that I hadn't seen before. Trust me, I have some chronological age but I can be dumb as a bag of hammers.

According to the National Day Calendar, today is "National Clean off your desk day"; there is nothing like decluttering. Trish and I have moved four (4) times in our marriage, and have decluttered each time. For a couple who started out with almost nothing, it is amazing how much we have accumulated, and how much we can get rid of and accumulate again in just four (4) or five (5) years.

Today's word is Ecclesiastes 3:6, NLT, which reads, "A time to search and a time to quit searching, a time to keep and a time to throw away."

The first part of this verse tells us that there is a time to search and a time to quit searching. If a loved one is lost, without CHRIST, we continue to search for them, BUT, if they turn their lives over to GOD and accept CHRIST as their SAVIOR, praise the LORD, the search is over. Until they do, however, we will keep seeking the lost.

The second part reminds us that there is a time to keep and a time to throw away. We have a tendency in our lives to keep everything FOR EVER. But, that is not practical, with outward possessions or with inward emotions, desires, hurts. If we continue to carry all of our broken promises and all of our disappointments, all we will ever see and all we will ever present to others is our sorrows and disappointments. Grieve for them, hurt for them, work through them with the LORD, then, let them go. Now, don't let anyone else hurt you (time to keep - a memory). BUT, don't let the past destroy something new (throw it away).

Be Blessed,
Mickey T