Spring Cleaning...

One of my little favorite past times is to look at houses for sale. I find it interesting while I am sure Phillip finds it extremely annoying. He thinks it means I am ready to start packing at any minute so it gives him a little anxiety that I am not happy where we are. In reality I know that in no way are we ready to upgrade our home but I can't help looking around. Actually I love looking at the pictures so I can get new ideas for decorating in the future. It also helps me figure out what it is that I would have to have in my next house. For me some must haves are lots of windows, dark cabinets and marble counter tops in the kitchen, a laundry room that is large enough for me to stretch my arms out, and a bath tub that is large enough for me to soak in for hours.
I have been focusing the past couple of days on taking stock of my spiritual gifts. I know that I am not in anyway using the resources God has given me to bring other people to God. I need to separate my talents from my spiritual gifts because they are not the same thing. Just because I love to write doesn't mean I should use this blog as my excuse for why I don't do anything else to teach someone about the word of God. So I must first focus within and see if the Holy Spirit has complete residence in my soul.
I have no doubt that in my youth and even in the most recent years I have been letting my soul act more like a Holiday Inn for the Holy Spirit. I would so easily check in and out in that He never was able to get completely comfortable. Now I am at the point of my life where the sale is complete and He is all moved in. Hallelujah! I love the way it feels knowing the love of my life is in me and shall never leave me. You can't say that about any earthly companion no matter how perfect you think your love is.
However I know that even though God is in control of my body and my life that I still have responsibilities to make sure that my temple stays holy.

"Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple."

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

I need to constantly be on watch for any dust or dirt that can easily infiltrate my heart. I should always be cleaning those windows so the light can shine in without any dirty reflections. I have to take out the garbage that consists of pride, arrogance, and selfish desires. I must stock up the pantry with faith, humility, and an intense desire to constantly learn God's word. I need to have spacious quarters for my Maker so that He never feels He has to share my soul with anything or anyone else. Basically I don't ever want God to put a For Sale sign on my life. I don't want Him searching the Internet for a better place to reside.

I know that every woman knows that when the days get warmer and longer that it is time to clean out the closets. Don't wait for the perfect Saturday to do that with your soul. Nothing like the present moment to start working on cleaning up life for your salvation.
God bless to all of my faithful friends and followers.

"There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines."

1 Corinthians 12:4-11