Duct tape for the soul

Yesterday, as I was frantically looking for the Benadryl that I knew I had misplaced, I realized that my "organized chaos" had lost all sense of order. Where was the Benadryl you ask? Well, right in my sock drawer where it should be! haha. I can picture in my head running around the house before company comes over, and making one big scoop of junk into my drawer. My system of cleaning in a pinch consists of throwing an array of unrelated things in the nearest drawer that is not already bulging from previous "cleanings". So everything looks great on the surface but when you open it up.... its a big mess!
Now, come on ladies, we all have junk drawers right? That drawer that has missing screws that were left when you assembled that toy, a toy put back together with duct tape(it fixes everything right), half a stick of gum... OK maybe that's just mine. I started looking at these thing in this drawer that were not needed anymore. They were taking up space that I could use for other things... that I actually NEED. I am trying hard here to build up my tie in... you ready??? lol
How does this junk drawer relate to me in my daily journey as a Christian? Well, does your life contain "junk" in your heart or head that is taking away from useful things? Have things been haphazardly placed in your heart and forgotten? We all have those things! So, lets clean house today. Take inventory of those things buried deep beneath the "clean exterior" and see whats really lurking in those forgotten "drawers" of our souls. Let go of that stuff that is unnecessary. Those things take away from our walk with God. He does not want all of the clutter in our hearts because it really does take away from our journey. My heart is much like the toy I found carefully taped together. I tried to make it better and put it back to its original glory... but the tape is only a temporary fix with no guarantees that it will ever work right again. The things in my life that may have temporarily broken me were merely "taped" but never made right. Just masking the problems will eventually lead to destruction... not a firm fix. So, as a Christian, we have to look to God to make us whole and not depend on all of those "duct tapes" in the world to fix it.
I have things in my heart that I have swept into that drawer just to make it look pretty on the outside... but I know in order to grow that I have to purge myself of all of that to see what God wants for me. He can not lead me if I am bogged down with junk! So pray with me today that God shows you what that "junk" is in your life. God can clear it out and make room in your soul for ALL of the blessings he has waiting for you. Stay strong out there and put your faith in Him. Through God, all things are possible! Have a blessed day readers!