Scripture

“Jesus responded, ‘Did I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?’” – John 11:40

“You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.” – Luke 1:45

“Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again! I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you in skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am Lord.” – Ezekiel 37:4-6

“God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.” – James 1:12

“For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.” – 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

“The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. The Lord gives his people strength. He is a safe fortress for his anointed king.” – Psalm 28:7-8

“So I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.” – Luke 11:9

Cleaning

God’s funny. I mean it. He is.

The other day I was praying, and I asked Him, “Is there anything I should be doing to prepare for being married?” In my head I was thinking like what I should be working on as far as my character, reading certain books, certain habits, etc. In response, I heard a thought not of my own, “Deep clean your room. You don’t want all of this stuff going into a marriage, unpacking boxes of random things into a new home.” Eew. What? I hate cleaning. And I laughed because I’m like, ok, but I’m not even dating anybody, why should I go through all my stuff as if I were close to marriage? *Insert eye roll here.*

But since I felt like He actually said that, that’s what I’ve been doing the past few days. I have boxes of things that I either thought I might want/use later in life, or things that are sentimental to me. But honestly, there are also things I’ve been just too lazy to go through, and therefore it just sat there. Things I knew would take hours to go through so I didn’t want to do it, kind of like trying to clean out 5,000 emails in your inbox, when it’s just easier to let them stay. So anyways, not that I’ve been “cleaning” to make my room look clean, but purging to make my room be less full.

In the process, it’s a walk down memory lane. It’s pictures that bring back so many happy memories, and also so many sad ones. It’s a reminder of the people who have made me “me,” and the people who I’m SO GLAD AREN’T IN MY LIFE ANYMORE. Hahaha.

So, future husband, somewhere out there on planet earth, some day you will be glad I’ve whittled down my stuff so that when I unpack I will enjoy showing you parts of my life that were important to me, instead of just stuff I kept because I was too lazy to deal with it.