Good Housekeeping - Clean and Uncluttered

We recently put our house on the market in order to move closer to the community where our church building is located. Since that time I have noticed two significant changes in our lives: First, we are eliminating things that we do not want or need any more; and second, we are keeping our house extra neat and clean every day, in case someone is interested in looking at it. We hope to keep this up even AFTER we move to our next house. But I was also reminded do a better job of these two disciplines in my personal life as well. (Most days, others ARE interested in looking at us. And the Lord certainly is!)

2 Timothy 2:20-21 “In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. 21If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.”

“Paradise”. That is what many call Hawaii. To see things that you thought you would never be able to see can be quite enjoyable (like lava flowing into the ocean from a volcano). To be able to visit a place that you never thought you would be able to see is quite wonderful, indeed. I loved having fresh exotic fruit, macadamia nuts and locally caught tuna steaks. (Personally, I like our “Café San Lazaro” coffee much better than Hawaiian Kona!)

But the best part for me was being on what they called: “Island Time” (no hurry & no worry). The speed limit on the ocean front road through town was 15 mph. Nancy and I were celebrating 30 years of marriage, and this was a good setting to focus more intentionally on the blessing of love and the beauty of creation. (Sounds like God’s “grace” to me!) I do know this: I like myself better than I did before!
So, “Hang Loose” and “Aloha Hoi” (until we meet again) and “Mahalo” (thank you).