Today is Trash Day…

I love trash day! I get excited about trash day… I go through the house and find all the trash and begin to bag it up, we have about fifteen different trash cans in our home and I love dumping each and everyone of them out into a trash bag and then taking them to the dumpster and then dragging the dumpster to the curb. I know what you are thinking, are you crazy? There is just something about it, and yes, I really do enjoy it…

Let me explain:

I have come to enjoy getting rid of things, and getting them out of my world. Some would call this reducing your load, I call it simplifying my life… I love the thought of getting the trash out of my life. There is nothing really clean about it, but after I take out the trash I get this clean feeling all over… (Yes I still wash my hands) I think it has something to do with the fact that I only have so much space and when I throw old things away, I can make room for new things, or just make room…

As I was pondering this today (Trash Day) I feel like there is a parallel for our lives in Jesus. (Symbolism from Trash?)

We all have “Stuff” in our lives that could be defined as “Trash…” It could be in the form of Unconfessed Sin, Unforgivness towards another person, or just habits that you know are holding you back from all that God has for your life, even junk that is in our house/apt./flat/garage/storage unit (help me jesus!)/townhouse/mansion/etc. that needs to be tossed (This one is for all you pack-rats out there - Jesus Loves Pack Rats too!)…

I have a scripture that speaks real well to this, it is in Hebrews 12:1. It states, “let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us…”

“Take out the Trash!” Hebrews 12:1 (DST) David’s Standard Translation (Emphasis added)

If there some trash that needs to be taken out in your life?

You’re in Luck, It’s Trash Day!

GO GOD!

Pastor D…