Happy New Year! Hag Sameach! Shana Tova!! Let\u2019s prepare for the new year. Let\u2019s clean house.<\/p>\n
My house is a balligon. I mean a mess. I am in the process of moving again! This time it\u2019s just room to room. But it’s four rooms we are switching. Aghhh! It is so hard to think, work on my writings, focus on new projects, be creative, and it is actually depressing to me. Forget having guests over, and I love to entertain! There is no way. The bad part is that even when and if I can get the stuff shoved into a bedroom, I would go crazy knowing that the stuff needs to be organized and put in its place or thrown out.<\/p>\n
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Sadly enough, the same situation applies to our lives doesn\u2019t it? Different areas of our heart (the rooms or chambers of our soul) need to be spring-cleaned or fall-cleaned. \ud83d\ude42 Dirty items, wicked habits, and evil thoughts clutter and grow, and we cannot function or live for the Lord at our fullest potential.<\/p>\n
There are areas of our hearts where we harbor secret little sins – actually some not so secret and some not so little. Jeremiah 17:9 (NKJV) says, \u201cThe\u202fheart\u202fis\u202fdeceitful above all\u202fthings, And\u202fdesperately wicked; Who can know it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Likewise, weekly, there are those of us who sit in church and pretend to be pious, while each goes their separate way never considering the cause of Christ or the finality of their actions. Psalm 139:23-24 (NKJV) says, \u201cSearch me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if\u202fthere is any\u202fwicked way in me and\u202flead me in the way everlasting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Search me, O Lord<\/p>\n
At this time of year entering the holiday season, we need to examine our hearts intently. As a matter of fact, there is no actual time of year to examine our hearts. That\u2019s a daily matter. Let each of us prepare our hearts and concentrate on what the Lord may want us to throw ahead of our lives.<\/p>\n
At this time of life in our universe \u2013 a time of corruption, advancements like landing on Mars, seeing the rings of Saturn, wars, rumors of war, new pronouns for people, uncertainty, etc. \u2013 we need to be a light. We have the hope that the world is desperately seeking. Live in the presence of God daily \u2013 minute by minute. Reach out to your neighbors, mailman, garbage men, cleaners, etc. Share the love of the Messiah. Even a smile. A profound Thank You. People need encouragement. You have it, share it.<\/p>\n
\nThere is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1John 4:18<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Love from my heart,<\/p>\n
nanC<\/p>\n
Nancy Cohen is the Director of Women’s Ministries at Apple of His Eye<\/p>\n
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