Too Much

I have too much mess. Our bathroom has a curtain which hangs in front of an old fashioned vanity unit. This curtain concealed a mountain of dust, dirt and objects. As I cleaned it up I found all sort of things that had been hidden from public view. It was hard work and I am ashamed to admit just how long it has been since I last made an effort to clean it out. I found a pair of earrings that I missed not long ago and hidden by one of my children. A football belonging to my now grown son was also unearthed along with pegs, corn fork and a needle.

As I swept, scrubbed, washed and sorted the mess I thought about how we hide things from public view. We can cover our fears, our anger and disappointments from others particularly if we careful to present a happy and confident front when we are out and about.

However that there is one person we cannot hide from, no matter how hard we try. God sees all our tears, fears, joys and achievements. He sees everything, right down to those thoughts we like to keep to ourselves.

“If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.” Psalm 139:8. Yes, you may not see everything that I do but God does! It doesn’t matter how many faults I have right now because He is working on me. He is cleaning, sweeping and sorting me out. It is a process that will take as long as I live. It will be ongoing and one day it will be complete. On that day I will go to be with Him and know that it has all be worth the hard work.