I’m lying here in the simple and beautiful guest room in the home of my brother and his wife. The sounds of a less familiar place are slowly recognized and filed away; that is the sound of traffic on Tidewater, there the military helicopters heading back to base. There are also silent spaces where the usual sounds of my husband’s snoring, the dog’s quiet breathing or her gentle mid/dream yips, the barely audible sounds of a podcast from another room would usually be.
I’m wondering what junk I need to clear from my life and what things I should keep. I don’t mean physical possessions, but what focuses, activities, obsessions, passions, what-have-you that I spend my time, energy, thoughts, and emotions on. What things are merely spinning my wheels? Which things are distracting me from following after God? Which are demonic tools to make me fritter away the time?
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