Today was junk riddance day.I called a junk man known as a
kabadi wala and sold him all the useless stuff lying around gathering dust and rust.Irreparable things...bits and pieces falling apart.
I also gave away the things someone said they could fix.
The kabadi walas or junk collectors patrol the city streets on the lookout for folks wanting to get rid of their rubbish..
Old newspapers, books , toys , furniture and appliances ,
just anything you don 't need anymore is taken off your hands
usually after a lot of haggling over the price.
The junk man takes the stuff to his junk yard where he disposes it off as scrap etc.
There is another kind of junk which I need to get rid of
and I don 't need a kabadi wala for it.
It is done through prayer, repentance and submitting to God.
Over time I collect junk
like old memories which disturb
unforgiving thoughts
carnal attitudes
failures
worries
and anxieties.
They cloud my thinking
making it easier for Satan to shoot
is fiery darts at me (Ephesians 6)
O Lord remove all this junk
from my heart and soul
so that I may live a sanctified life
pleasing to you.
Ephesians 4:31
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Ephesians 4:30-32 NIV (BIBLE)
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12; 1,2 NIV (BIBLE)
14 Fertilize my soul:
Junk is something from our old life, something from times before we know God. It isn't easy to fight with it, sometimes it takes years. But God is stronger than our old nature.
I'm working on getting rid of the junk in my heart, too. There's lots to discard in my home, but the heart takes precedence.
You are right Zim, sometimes it takes a while to work on getting rid of old stuff.
Me too Buttercup. Go d bless you
I like that you have a junk man you can contact to come and get your physical junk, and now the harder part; to clean out our spiritual bits and pieces that are not helping us.
This post is as satisfying as a well-prepared dinner!
Wow! A few things to say here it seems. 1(I noticed a few years ago after a house fire, with in ONE year while others were rebuilding the house that you can accumulate So much crap! In just one year!)
2) Things are done a bit differently here in the US. We just sort of put out our trash. No haggeling is involved though. And some folks put out..er..fake trash I guess you'd call it. Last year I found a number of folks putting out toys as trash with store labels still on them. Just for the kids of lower income families. For Chistmass.
We drive the streets a find our treasures in garbage cans. Well, my level of our society does anyway. The Rich do...something different I'm sure.
It seems over here we...try to help out other folks in a different way? I'm not sure what that is about.
3) We have scrap yards here as I'm sure every country does. But we don't really have the habit of negotiating things as most of the rest of the world seems to. Everything has a set price and you pay it or you don't here.
I have seen some hagaling more and more often. Which I think is fantastic. With the economy here it helps a Lot! IMO when you can trade goods for services or one needful thing for another. This is a good thing.
This has gotten way too long. Amrita. HUGS Love you Hon.
Bloody hell! I forgot to speak to the Spiritual Junk. So I guess I'm not done. LOL
Recently a young lady got very upset with me about my telling her that forgiveness would release her from her pain.
She..was apparently NOT happy to hear this sort of talk. So, she and a bunch of her friends have sort of been jumping on me this Day. they say about me being an evil man and trying to cause her even more pain.
I breath. I love her anyway. I realize that she is not ready to accept forgiveness to herself or others.
My choice now is to attack back or forgive.
I Choose to forgive. While it is not directly in the Bible, I have come to believe that to forgive is one of my functions here.
Vengeance of any sort is God's purview and not mine. I think he even created an Angel for it didn't he?
Any way, Amrita. HUGS Love you Hon.
it is a wonderful thing that clean hands create a pour heart. what freedom when we just use the simple facts of I am sorry without defending yourself
The more room in the heart for Christ, the less room for any junk!
Amrita,
We all need these courageous moments to truly get rid of both spiritual and material junk... at the same time! Getting rid of what we don't need, don't use, can't be fixed, etc. takes a lot of emotional cleaning as well. I know the space that is open in our hearts and home after the cleaning will allow new good things to flow.
Nice post, Amrita!
Doris
The more I lose or give away the freer and more blessed I find myself to be. the stuff tries to own me, instead of me owning it. from now, I want to cling to the Father and let loose earthly goods that can not be put to use for His kingdom.
My, I do seem to go on about this subject. This is just a note, not a book. :) I've found when cleaning out attics, basements, garages or other lone term storage areas. DO NOT open the boxes! You take the box and put it in the trash. You've lived without this stuff for years!
We get into trouble when we open the box. We get one of those (aww..I remember when..).
And then we spend the day getting lost in our memories. Which is fine, but not terribly productive to accomplishing the cleaning process.
Johnny.
This is a good post, Amrita. I have not read all your posts for this 40 day series, but I thank God for touching you to do that. You are an encouragement to me. I agree that we need to get rid of all our junk, and live clutter free lives.
Love
Lidia
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