The Clean up
I got to share this piece with my church family at one of our weekly fellowship meetings in February. I thought to share it here as well, but in more detail and with more composure! 😀 One fine morning in December, I picked up a broom and started sweeping up a part of the house. I’d been told the day before that a guest I had been expecting for a better part of the year would probably be visiting that day. The uncertainty didn’t stop me from cleaning up (well, not the spring cleaning type cleaning o), and just as I was sweeping down the stairs, the Holy Spirit whispered clearly to my hearing, “You ought to live like this” and I immediately understood. My mind drifted back to a time in my undergraduate days when a friend did a brief exposition on the Parable of the 10 virgins in Matthew 25:1-13 and called my friends and me to share his findings. I decided to do a bit of studying for myself. The facts I found interesting are as follows: General characteristics There were