Ok so I’m still sitting with the Lord about this Urge to Purge process.  I haven’t felt like blogging much this past year. Been slack and distracted to be honest. But I guess blogging through this purging process is what we’re doing now. Reason being is that the Holy Spirit has been drawing my attention to it in my SWL time.

It was funny the other day I’m sitting in the middle of this mess I’ve created in this purging process because I’m taking everything out and rehanging and refolding and putting a lot less back in. So just about every available space in my room has stacks of clothes, bins, piles of hangers, plastic bags designated for certain items. I have my give away bags and bins. I have my keep piles to be sorted refolded or rehung. I have my giveaway shoe bins and my keep shoe bins. I have my trash bag, my miscellaneous items bag. I told you that it is a hot mess! And living with the mess has been disorienting not just for me but my doggies too. For instance the ottoman that they jump on to then jump to their sleep mat on the bed is now holding a pile of pants that I plan to fold and put back in the drawer. Yeah I emptied my drawers too. Their bench perch by the window in the closet now holds an array of items that need to be rehung. Waiting on Amazon to send me my slim black velvet hangers. No more “WIRE HANGERS” in my best mommie dearest voice.

So the puppy steps that lead up to the bench to look out the window now lead to a high stack of clothing in front of the window. I sent my friend a pix of Twinkle Bell peeping at me between the bins/bags and Queenie just plopping herself down on top of one of my stacks. They’re looking at me as if to say, what have you done to our comfort zone! And when are you going to put things back so we can go back to our routine. Truth is, when it’s all said and done, it’s going to look a lot different and feel a lot better. Cause what they don’t know is that old pillow that they were perching on is being replaced with a brand new soft brown plushy pillow. They just have to learn to live with the mess until we get through the mess. (my point here) Live with the mess until we get through the mess. The progress may be slow but it will be thorough!

You know where I’m going with this by now. This inner life purging process feels very unsettling. Why rock the boat when we’ve been perfectly comfortable with our stuff as it is? It is behind closed doors and nobody has to know. Well if the stuff is a mess like my closet was, it’s just a matter of time before it all comes spilling out! Lord thank you for not letting me get to that point. Been there done that and that mess is a whole lot uglier and takes a lot longer time to clean up. Nope I’ll take this slow but thorough progress over the wait til it implodes disaster any day! 

What’s even more interesting and teaching me a lesson. Yes my doggies teach me lessons and the Holy Spirit prompts me to pay attention. So part of our morning routine is when it’s time to finally go downstairs and trust me they might look like they’re laying over there snoozing. But there’s one eye that is watching me at all times! I start to grab my bag, coffee mug and keys, their heads pop up and I say. “OK come on let’s bust outta here!” They immediately jump down and beat me to the door. So what I noticed is now that we’re living with this mess and their ottoman is covered. Instead they now jump from their bed mat, to the chair and then to the floor. (senior dogs and bed too high to jump straight down.) It was like I all of a sudden noticed and the Holy Spirit prompted me, “See they’ve adjusted.” They’ve learned to live with the mess until they get through the mess.

Inner life purging requires adjustment as we yield our mess to our Soul Cleaner. As the mess is sorted out it takes some time to decipher through what stays and what goes. It’s like rearranging our thought life. It’s like reorganizing our priorities. It’s like letting go of some things and keeping some things. And it feels disorienting the whole time until we get it straightened out. So now that I’m in the middle of this mess. I can either quit because it’s sooooo uncomfortable or I can adjust as I go and have faith in the process. (Like my doggies) I’m staying with Jesus because even though I allowed things to get out of hand, He’s right here in the thick of it with me. A pastor mentor once told me a phrase that he heard and it said “the moment we make a step toward Jesus, He comes running toward us!” Ok so this is what we’re doing now, we’re purging inside and out. Living with the mess until we get through the mess!

Just sharing my daily musings, can’t say morning because I’m musing as I’m inspired through this process. Whenever you arrive to your purging season, let the Lord have His way! More fruit, less stuff! John 15