“THINKABOUTIT” THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Tuesday; November 20, 2007

 

          Every once in a while I walk by my dresser and come to the realization that I have no idea what color it is.  I have stuff stacked on it so deep that I have to shuffle things around just to find the trash!  While I would like to tell you that I am a collector and always prepared because you never know when you might need a mega-mart receipt, the truth of the matter is that I just haven’t gotten rid of a lot of junk I don’t need to keep.

          Do we have a lot of useless junk in our lives?  Are we harboring bad feelings toward people we’ll probably never ever see again?  Do we have vendettas against people that have no real value?  Are our lives crowded with memories about people that do nothing more than take up precious space?  Is it time to do some emotional cleaning and free up some room in our lives for good, useful memories?

          The great thing about life is that we can choose our current attitudes and our response to our past.  If we are struggling with forgiving, let’s work on forgetting – who knows; maybe pretty soon we’ll be able to accomplish both!

          Think about it!  For the Madison Avenue Church of Christ; this is Charlie Wharton.