Spring Cleaning

Today’s Scripture
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Well, if yesterday was party day - today is the hangover. And when the hangover hits, what’s the phrase?….Oh yeah, "I’ll never do that again."
In many churches there is a prayer of confession, or maybe an altar call, or maybe a tradition of confessing to a priest. And then the list of what we did wrong comes out and then we promise never to do it again.
But it can be all surface stuff. The real part of the prayer of confession is when we honestly open our hearts to the "assurance of God’s Grace." When we really let God in to make some changes. It’s the difference between reorganizing the closet and going through the closet to get rid of stuff you don’t need and then figuring out what you do need to get.
Lent (the period between now and Easter) is supposed to be a time of fasting and housecleaning. But as the passage above points out we have to figure out what we are trying to do. Are we just trying to impress with a well organized closet or are we trying to make a series of changes that will honestly make our lives easier.
I saw a series of videos on youtube based on the Mac vs. PC ads that get at this phenomenon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIXDLUUn830

What is important? What is the point? These are questions that we can only answer for ourselves after deep and serious reflection.
Happy Spring Cleaning!
K