Decluttering

I have been working for weeks to declutter the basement utility/craft room.  It has been quite an undertaking.  It took a long time to get motivated to start because the job seemed overwhelming, though I had the desire to get er' done.  I have hauled boatloads of stuff out of there and it feels so good.  There has been lots of progress.  I saw a quote today, 

 

"Clutter breeds clutter!"

 

So, I am trying to get out of the breeding business.  This blog entry I came across today was very encouraging: 

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/12-habits-perfectly-organized-people.html

 

Lord, please restore to us the comfort of merit and demerit. Show us that there is at least something we can do. Tell us that at the end of the day there will at least be one redeeming card of our very own. Lord, if it is not too much to ask, send us to bed with a few shreds of self-respect upon which we can congratulate ourselves. But whatever you do, do not preach grace. Give us something to do, anything; but spare us the indignity of this indiscriminate acceptance.  Robert Farrar Capon (1923-2013)

May it never be so Lord!  Thank You for Your grace, love, mercy, acceptance and forgiveness. And thank You, that it is based on Your character and sacrifice  on the cross, not on my deeds.

WOW, where did the summer go?  I've been enjoying the gardens...the morning glories and dahlias especially.