Hoarders

I was watching the show "Hoarders" the other night.  While watching it I began to wonder how someone, anyone, could let their house get so out of order that they had to crawl over things just to get in the front door.  There was a man on the show that was explaining how his house got so out of control.  He said that at first when things were not put away it looked messy, but he did not do anything about it.  And then as time went on and more and more things were out of place, it began to look normal.... he got used to the mess and accepted it as a normal thing.

I began thinking.... that is exactly how sin gets into our lives.  We let "little" sins into our lives and they stay there, we never confess them and get rid of them.  And then more sin come into our lives and pretty soon we get used to the sins and they take over our lives.  Soon it gets to where we don't see our sins as being sins, we just see them as ordinary, every day things.  We need to wake up and do some cleaning of our hearts and lives.  We need to remember that our children are watching us.  Do we want our children to get so used to sin that it doesn't bother them?  Do we want our children to be so used to sin that they are not convicted when the preacher preaches against sin?

Let's determine that we are not going to be hoarders of sinful things.  Let's raise Godly children who know right from wrong.  Children that will stand against the attack of Satan and not let sin into their lives.  We can't raise our children to be strong and not let sin in when our lives are so filled with sin. Let's determine to clean out our hearts and lives, get rid of those things that are not right in our house, get rid of those video games that are destroying our children, get rid of those TV shows that tear down the family, get rid of that music that talks of sin and enjoying it.  Let's have homes that are not filled with sin but homes that are filled with things that are pleasing to God and things that uplift the family.  It's time to clean house before it is too late.