There is a secret room in my heart. I am not the only one that has one. Many people have a hidden room. This room is hidden because it holds on to grudges, hateful words, and hurts. We nurse these negative feelings regularly by opening that door and adding to them. Someone says something unkind and we may let it go. Let it happen again and again and we open the door and shove those words inside. The problem with those secret rooms is that they can expand the more we put into them. That expansion crowds out other things such as love, joy, and happiness.
Once in a while we open the door and go inside and inspect the items we have stored there. We pick them up one by one. We often wonder why we held on to an item. It seems so petty and insignificant now. We discard it, never to be seen again. There are other items we pick up and wonder why we held on to it and that memory brings a small amount of pain. We put it back to deal with a while later after some time has passed. Then we find those items that still bring that raw feeling back. We place those in a special place so that we can take them out regularly.
The problem with these rooms is that they make our heart sick. All the negativity we hold inside slowly spreads to those areas we want left pure. So today I choose to lock that door and throw away the key. By doing this, those things that cause me, and those I love pain can no longer harm us. I choose to see the good in others and in situations instead of focusing on those things that can spread and destroy. This room will be cleaned and scrubbed and turned over to God to fill with love.
Do you have one these rooms in your own heart? What will it take to empty yours and close it up?
1 comment:
Your post touched me. I do have one of those rooms and it desperately needs cleaning. Thanks for this insight.
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