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)
We all have many hurts and injustices that have been visited on us both great and small. Daily prayer an affirmative forgiveness allows us to jettison those hurts and forgive those that have hurt us.
However, when we carry those hurts day to day and year to year, they become heavier and weigh us down more and more the longer we carry them. The greater the hurt, the greater the weight.
So today and every day, let us each of us unload our past burdens that rob us of energy and trap us in old syndromes and habits. Let us give those burdens of hurt and judgement to God so we can walk upright and free.
Once we have dropped this load, we can look forward to a new life guided by love and forgiveness. This life leads us to our Eden and to the peace, hope and joy waiting for us therein.
Unloading to live,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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