Tag: Procrastination

Day 4 – Removing Clutter

September 17, 2023

Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?

Zechariah 4:10

OMG! Removing clutter has been a growth moment for me and about me! It’s apparent as I try to move about the abundance of stuff, I find myself getting extremely tired. I’m taking breaks often and sometimes never returning to the clutter until a day or so later. As a result, I’m always telling myself I’ve gotten lazy. But! That’s not true! Because today I realized I had lost the ability to accept small victories; therefore, the overflowing of blessings feel and have felt overwhelming! Let’s pray!

PRAYER

Father God, you are truly a man of your word. You have blessed me and others with “good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over.” Then life happens, Lord. Your blessings begin to feel overwhelming to many of us; therefore, I ask that you rejuvenate our giving spirits. Letting us become blessings to others based upon what we can afford to truly give. Amen

Day Two – Removing Clutter

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

You may have had unfair things happen to you, but the depth of your pain is an indication of the height of your future.

Joel Osteen

Yesterday, I prescribed during this clutter removing journey 15 minutes for meltdowns once a day, taken as needed. Why? Again, clutter is a sign of indecisions. Indecision leads to procrastination. Procrastination is the beginning and the end to some people living life in dark holes. Not me! I remember my beautiful life before spending the last seven or so years licking and tending the spiritual wounds of others, as my life fell deeply into despair. Inviably I too sustain spiritual wounds. But! My wounds went unattended because the circle of people I once traveled knew not how to care for them. In a nutshell, “life happened” and so did clutter. And! If I am to resume the life I once knew as a better person I must cry over my losses, give my burdens to God and allow Him to heal my wounded soul. For after all, it is He that controls the Universe. Let’s pray!

Unsplash Photo by Zac Durant

PRAYER

Father God, heal my wounded soul and the souls that are also wounded and reading this prayer. Amen 

Day One – Removing Clutter

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

Psalm 40:2 NIV
Photo by Maxim Hopman

I’d been standing in the same section of stuff trying to make unwanted unsure decisions because I know clutter is a sign of indecisiveness. And procrastination only keeps people in the dark holes of life. So! To make a small difference in my life I grabbed four boxes of men’s shoes that went unsold. I placed them on an empty bin and stood there paralyzed. It was clear I wasn’t ready to make a chain of choices since how to get rid of the shoes made me perplexed.  However, the one thing I understood and understand is that change is needed if I want to get back in the game of life. Therefore, I need to be equally kind to myself as I have and always am with others. So I give myself permission on this decluttering journey to take 15 minutes for private meltdowns. In doing so, making small life changing choices when it comes to clearing physical clutter may come a bit easier. Mainly, because I’ve given myself a face and told my soul I matter too.  And should you find yourself in the same boat as me, I give you permission to be kind to yourself for charity truly starts at home.  Blessing to you and yours from me and mine.  Let’s pray!

PRAYER

Father God, lift our souls from the depths of despair.  Amen