From Clutter to Clarity

I’d seen this book recommended a few places, but didn’t take it too seriously. After all I have the anti-clutter thing down. But a couple weeks ago I saw it at the library and felt compelled to check it out anyways. I thought, maybe there was more to learn about clutter?

I’m really glad I did. This book was about much more than physical clutter in your home. She addressed clutter in your mind (thinking about an abundance of things that are not the things of God), clutter in your heart, even clutter in your finances. I was really convicted in a number of areas! Simply put; until you declutter your heart, any changes to your cluttered home or cluttered life are only temporary.

The author breaks down verses from Hebrews 12 and applies it to how Satan uses different kinds of clutter to keep us away from the Lord.

She says "Clutter is more than stacks of magazines and unused kitchen gadgets. It is anything that complicates your life and prevents you from living in peace as you live out your purpose. Clutter is anything that doesn’t add value or meaning to your life the way it once did. Unused, unneeded material possessions are only the tip of the iceberg. Clutter is an issue of the heart. Clutter does more than affect us physically and emotionally, it keeps us from following Jesus fully. We can not make room for Him or put Him first in our lives if our lives are filled with other junk."

"Satan knows that if he can keep us occupied with the pursuit of more, we will be distracted from appreciating what we already have. He also knows that having too much already keeps us running after the wrong thing. We dont need more possessions to make us happy-we need to find greater joy in what we already have.

Ask the Lord to take away your need to acquire. Request that He replace that need with an openness to receive what He has for you, and an appreciation of what He has already provided. "

Let us also lay aside every thing that hinders us(slows us down) and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us Hebrews 12:1

Currently reading: From Clutter to Clarity: Simplifying Life from the Inside Out By Nancy Twigg