Dared to Move

We are in the process of looking for a new house. Sounds exciting? I would say not so much. We've seen more homes than I can count with all my fingers. Not only that, homes in the market costs more than I can count with my all my fingers.. hands and feet combined- over 20,000 times. And if we do find a house within budget that could accommodate us, how tumultuous would it be to pack and move, pack and move, pack and move... Catch my drift?

Eitherway, change has to happen. And why? Because our humble home- has become too cluttered. 9 people plus a dog doesn't necessarily scream too much space. In fact, if I were to entertain your imagination more, its like the home of the seven dwarfs invaded by giants (trust me if you've seen my family, I'm not exaggerating). So with all of us, you can only imagine what our house looks like. It can get REAL messy- REAL fast. I credit my parents for keeping all of us from living in a pig sty.

Point is, this not only happens in our external lives- the mess, the clutter-it exists in our internal lives as well. We find it real hard to change things in our lives- even when we know it is for good. We usually keep past hurts, pain, anger, jealosy, greed, lust- and many other things hidden in us. Much like my mom keeps old typrewriters, paper shredders and junk from garage sales hidden in our house full of people.

²¹"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, ²²deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. ²³"All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man."Mark 7: 21-23

Tell you what though, as long as we let God into our hearts- He will stay long enough to change it. Because if there is another thing God is great at- it is as a decorator of our hearts.

²⁶"Moreover, I will give you a ^A)">new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the ^B)">heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. " Ezekiel 36: 26

Good news is- God can help change these portraits of hurt and anger into a canvass of grace. The stonewall of jealousy and greed will be shaken and restored to be replaced with bricks of love. However, this change, this "re-decoration"- is not always pleasant. But God has high aspirations for each of us- God envisions a complete restoration.

^"6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6

How has God been changing your heart lately?

Do you feel cluttered? Is life getting too messy? Then it's time to pack and move, pack and move.