USE THAT BROOM

 USE THAT BROOM

 

Around the Year with Emmet Fox

 

June 13

 

A good housekeeper sees to it that dust and dirt

do not accumulate in nooks and corners and on shelves.

Periodically, the house is gone over

 and given a thorough cleaning.

Too often in our spiritual lives,

we allow negative things

to accumulate in the corners of our minds.

We tackle the obvious problems as they come along,

but allow the small difficulties to pile up in the corners.

For instance, if we are faced with a problem

of health or finance,

we get to work on that immediately,

but if, on the other hand, someone has injured us,

instead of handling the incident spiritually at the time,

we tuck it away and perhaps

pack in a little resentment along with it.

Such problems should be dealt with as they arise.

If someone has injured you, forgive him now,

and be done with it.

Take care of the other difficulties in like manner.

Be a good housekeeper.

Clean out every nook and corner—

and God will make you worthy

of greater accomplishments in the future.

“And he said unto him,

Well done, thou good servant:

because thou hast been faithful in a very little,

have thou authority over ten cities”

Luke 19:17