As the new year approaches, we can become so preoccupied with making sure our house is clean, our desk is tidy, and our schedule is perfectly planned. But just as important as tending to our external living space (even more important, in fact) is tending to our internal living space.
Throughout the past year, we have each become worn down by the daily difficulties, the hardships of life, the frustrations of living in an imperfect world. We have picked up and stored in the walls of our souls regrets and worries; they crowd our hearts and minds, and make it all the more challenging to carry the goodness and beauty that God desires for us and our stories.
God is a Father who longs for His children to live in freedom and grace. He offers us help in dusting away the anxious thoughts, throwing out old grievances, and emptying our souls of the clutter that weights us down, to instead to instead fill them with His love, peace, and guidance.