I have this Ribbon Board. Ribbons criss-cross each other so you can place pictures or notes on the board by slipping them under the ribbons. For me, I placed bible verses that have encouraged me in different moments of my life, but over time I've also placed invitations, business cards, pictures, and ID cards on this as well. Today, I started taking down invitations that's passed, cards I no longer need, and noticed the verses I had there before. I forgot about them because of the cluttered papers I put on top of them. Reading them again, they've encouraged me again. It's like drinking a pitcher of water, and still thirsty for more.
Isn't that what happens to us in life? We read the Word, or hear Godly wisdom from friends and family, but we forget them because of our busy lives. Everything that's whirling in our minds start to clutter our thoughts, and we forget the Word that motivated and encouraged us earlier. We might even set the bible aside because we're too busy to read it, but we piled our clutter on that too.
When I cleaned up my board, I also found a picture of an iceberg. I put that picture up the day I put that board up as a reminder of how my relational time SHOULD be spent. The visible peak represents the time I spend with friends, ministry, and the mission field, but the larger, deeper portion of the iceberg represents my time spent with God. I am guilty of flipping that iceberg upside down. No wonder I felt like I was drowning...Now that my board is uncluttered, time to start unclutter my life. Time to flip that iceberg upright again.
Isn't that what happens to us in life? We read the Word, or hear Godly wisdom from friends and family, but we forget them because of our busy lives. Everything that's whirling in our minds start to clutter our thoughts, and we forget the Word that motivated and encouraged us earlier. We might even set the bible aside because we're too busy to read it, but we piled our clutter on that too.
When I cleaned up my board, I also found a picture of an iceberg. I put that picture up the day I put that board up as a reminder of how my relational time SHOULD be spent. The visible peak represents the time I spend with friends, ministry, and the mission field, but the larger, deeper portion of the iceberg represents my time spent with God. I am guilty of flipping that iceberg upside down. No wonder I felt like I was drowning...Now that my board is uncluttered, time to start unclutter my life. Time to flip that iceberg upright again.
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