I love that spring is here. The fruit trees are blooming; green grass is sprouting; gardeners are tilling; and light seems to be everywhere. I’m watching the trees for green leaves!
When I was a little girl, my mom would wake up one Saturday morning somewhere around the end of March and announce to the air, “Today, we clean!” And we did.
Dad would pull the window screens out of the basement for my brother to hose off (even though they were cleaned thoroughly in the fall before we put them away). Mom would pull down the drapes to wash and hang on the line to dry. The winter clothes were put away and the spring and summer clothes taken out and folded. The baseboards were scrubbed; the cabinets cleaned out; and everything around smelled Clorox clean. I find myself these days with the urge to get it all cleaned up too.
My favorite part of cleaning though was the junk drawer. You know the one – everyone has it – that drawer that just seems to attract stuff. Paper clips, buttons, pens, rubber bands, coupons, batteries, spare changed – you name it. I loved when he gave me the job. I could find more neat stuff in that drawer than you could imagine. I also found some not so neat stuff in the drawer which needed to be thrown away.
Our lives are a bit like that too. Maybe we need to do some spring cleaning on you and me. Polish ourselves up a bit. Dust off some failures. Straighten up some issues. Remove the winter and welcome the spring.
Psalm 51:10-12, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.”
