Clean Room – Clean Heart
Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.
He will receive blessing from the LORD
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
(Psalm 24:3-6 ESV)
Every night I lift my little 3lb weights to keep my arms in shape. The other night as I was facing the window in our bedroom, I noticed little white flakes on the curtains. After close examination I realized that the ‘flakes’ were actually dust (yikes!!!). I told myself that I would get the curtains down on Saturday; and I so did. Little did I know that not only the bedroom needed cleaning, but also my heart.
After I pulled off the curtains to throw in the wash machine, I noticed a lot more dust. So out came my little 
duster to go over the door-frames, the walls and every nook and cranny that I noticed needed cleaning. Although I dust on a regular basis, I don’t do a deep clean as I did on Saturday. I even pulled all my stuffed animals from the dresser to throw in the wash so that no dust would be left in the room.
As I was moving around the room on my hands and knees, I started to think about how we too let things (grudge/emotional pain/unforgivingness) get in every nook and cranny of our heart and soul. But once the Light shines on us, we notice how yucky we really are. We show little white and gray flakes that are not very attractive in the Light.
To tell you the truth, I was humbled by my white and gray flakes. I had some unforgivingness and emotional pain settled in my heart that I had buried deep down and didn’t want to confront.
Sometimes it takes a little house-cleaning to get to the heart of emotional pain. As I was getting the dust out of every corner in the bedroom, so did God get to the bottom of my heart. It was all-in-all a wonderful cleaning; a clean room and a clean heart before God. How about you? Do you need a deep cleaning from God?
Lord of Heaven and Earth. Thank You for the time You spent with me on Saturday morning getting into every nook and cranny of my heart. Lord, I needed the deep cleaning You performed on my heart as much as our bedroom needed to have the dust removed. Your love is amazing and gives peace to my heart. In the precious name of Jesus ~ Amen.
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I totally agree Iris, “Sometimes it takes a little house-cleaning to get to the heart of emotional pain.” I’m always humbled by the fact that God often uses our daily routine to teach us valuable life lessons. Thanks for sharing.