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Cleaning out my closet

I dreaded doing it, but I knew I needed to. Clothes were starting to pile up everywhere, and I couldn’t find what I needed when I wanted to wear it. Can you relate?

 

So I opened the closet door and started pulling things out one by one.

  • Pants.
  • Shirts.
  • Jeans.
  • Shorts.
  • Dresses.

 

 

Thoughts of the past flooded my mind as I reached in for each item.

 

Ooh, I remember when I wore that one.

 

or

 

Oh, that one looked really good on me.

 

 

and

 

Ugh, I wish I could get into that one again.

 

 

Never mind that I hadn’t worn any of these things in–well, I can’t remember the last time I wore them. They were out of style. And they had that musty closet smell too.

 

So why did I hold on to them for so long? Why did I leave them in the closet without even giving them a second thought? Why did I let them pile up?

 

It’s hard letting go of the past, isn’t it? No matter how great today is, I tend to say–or think, “I wish I could do XYZ–or be XYZ–again.”

 

Truth is: Sometimes we hold on to things that are meant to stay in the past. They were in our lives only for a season–a beginning, middle, and end.

 

There is a time for everything, and everything on earth has its special season. There is a time to be born and a time to die. There is a time to plant and a time to pull up plants. There is a time to kill and a time to heal. There is a time to destroy and a time to build. There is a time to cry and a time to laugh. There is a time to be sad and a time to dance. There is a time to throw away stones and a time to gather them. There is a time to hug and a time not to hug. There is a time to look for something and a time to stop looking for it. There is a time to keep things and a time to throw things away. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-6)

 

Time is up for these old clothes. Time can also be up for a lot of other things in our lives:

 

  • Relationships.
  • Careers.
  • Ministries.
  • Hurts.

 

I’m cleaning out my closet. Are you?

 

God can help you throw away your old clothes

 
Come alongside… What have you been holding on to? Why? What steps can you take to let it go?

 

 

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