Trash Day

Happy Monday!

Thanks to Terri, Tonya, Allison who have posted comments and those who have written to me privately. I so appreciate knowing who’s out there!

Mondays are Trash Day at my apartment complex. Silly, I know, but I love Trash Day. Whatever packages, wrappers, boxes, and cartons remain from food and beverages now consumed, I get to throw them all away. No more reminders of any choices that may not have been the most nutritional or beneficial. As for my office, I can toss all that junk mail I accumulated over the last week and the outer envelopes of bills paid.

It’s not that I accumulate so much garbage in the course of the week. I just like the idea that for at least a little while, my apartment will be totally garbage free. I’ll set my can outside in a few minutes and about noon, the garbage man will empty it in his truck and haul it all away – never to be seen again.

I’m so glad I don’t have to wait until Mondays to get rid of any emotional and spiritual garbage I’ve accumulated during the week. It can build up so quickly if I’m not careful. Living in this world can get you dirty even if you don’t leave your house. And I do like to leave my house. People hurt my feelings, I unintentionally hurt others’. I see and hear things I wish I hadn’t. I try to make wise choices, but sometimes I don’t. Before I know it, negative thoughts and attitudes begin to weigh me down.

Yet God says I can come to Him any time I want with whatever’s on my mind and heart. I can talk to Him about those hurts and disappointments. Ask His forgiveness for my sins and for the grace to help me forgive the sins of others. Place it all in God’s proverbial garbage receptacle!

No need to let things build up. For those of us in Christ, we can live this day in freedom. That’s what I’m remembering on this Monday morning.

“The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.” (Psalm 29:11)