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 through 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 then cities (Luke 19:17)
Just think; if every hurt we had experienced was erased form our hearts, if every injustice, betrayal or insult were wiped from our memories, if by some miracle we forgot all the times we were wronged, mistreated or maligned. That would be a miracle, right?
Well brothers and sisters, we have the opportunity to do that any and every day. By forgiving all those who have hurt us, turning that hurt over to God and by accepting that we are all God’s children and bound together, we can, by God’s grace be freed from the emotions, resentments and angers that lock us to our pain.
Know also, that if we do not to forgive, fail to turn those hurts over to God and refuse to recognize our brothers and sisters as God’s children, these hurts will plague us and we will remain shackled to them.
So today, let us forgive and release our feelings about those who have hurt, judged, condemned, wished ill upon us and especially loved ones who have hurt or disappointed us. Then, we will live in harmony with them and ourselves. Then we will be freed from the yoke that burdens our hearts, and we will forgiven just as we have forgiven. Forgive and live free.
Sweeping clean today,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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