Filled up

I was making my usual bowl of sliced banana and cereal today and when I was pouring the milk into it I got slightly distracted and poured too much.  It was filled up and spilled over the side of the bowl.  Stuff like this happens more often than we realize in the normal run of life.  It used to be pretty easy to over fill the car with gas at the gas pump.  The result was a puddle of gas on the pavement.  It's easy to mow the lawn and over fill the catch bag.  The result is a trail of clipped grass on the newly mowed lawn.  It is almost universal that we overcook.  The result is stuffed bellies and leftovers.

Each of these situations has a common denominator....when something is full, it is full and cannot hold any more.  A full glass of water can't hold any more water.  Spillage is a result.  And spillage is visible to anyone who happens to be around to see it.

The same applies to us humans.  When our heads and hearts are full of junk.....you guessed it, others around us can tell.  Oh sure, we mask, we hide, we deny, and we pretend it isn't there, but those who know us can see it.  God does too.  The junk we have isn't like the examples above....fresh water, newly poured mild, or freshly mown grass.  Our junk, while sometimes fresh, is almost always old junk....junk that we have willingly allowed ourselves to hang on to and carry around.

Our junk containers get full just like glasses of water....and it spills over as well.  No matter how we try, often our behaviors or reactions to circumstances  will change...most likely negatively.  Something else changes as well.  Our ability to relate to and keep a tightly held relationship with Christ is affected.  We tend to focus more on our Junk than Him.

When you're feeling full of junk it's time once again to hit the knees and pray that God will "empty
me of me, and fill me with You".