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Getting Organized- Why Is It Even Worth the Trouble?

Closets full of color-coordinated separates hanging, equally spaced, on matching hangers.

Spices, lined up alphabetically, each jar equidistant from the cabinet’s edge. Each label reflecting the overhead kitchen light just so.

Sigh.

That right there is the sound of contentment as it passes through your lips.

Those ARE things of beauty; there is NO doubt.

As a matter of fact, I firmly believe you’d be hard-pressed to find a person who would willingly choose shirts dangling willy-nilly from hangers left askew or spices teetering devil-may-care out of overstuffed cupboards. Can you say midnight tripping hazards?!

A girl’s gotta be careful though. That beautiful imagery up there? It can be dangerous.
See, it’s super easy to get caught up in the trappings of an outwardly organized life. Trappings that, instead of freeing you from the soul-crushing C.R.A.P. (chaos, resentment, anxiety, and panic) of everyday-ness, serve as just another prison in which we find ourselves locked. Just another failure we find ourselves guilty of.

Gorgeously patterned bins filled just shy of the brim.

Closets full of color-coordinated separates hanging, equally spaced, on matching hangers.
Spices, lined up alphabetically, each jar equidistant from the cabinet’s edge. Each label reflecting the overhead kitchen light just so.

Sigh.

Organize Your Space, Organize Your TimeBrenna PeytonJanuary 25, 2018organizing, getting organized, being organized, your big why, why get organized, legacy goals, reasons to get organized, the purpose of organization, goal settingComment

8 Ways Living An Organized Life is A LOT Like Your Walk With Jesus

God is not a god of chaos. He just… isn’t. He isn’t down with disorder or confusion. (1 Corinthians 14:33 BTW I may have paraphrased a little bit!) I mean, really? Could He have made such efficient use of seven days if he was all discombobulated? Heck, no.

God is all about organization. All about order. And I love it. I absolutely love it. It’s good to know at least someone’s got His ducks in a row, right? That’s not where the whole God/organizing parallel ends though. No, no, no. There are actually a number of parallels between living an organized life and living a life lovin’ the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Don’t worry, I’ve only highlighted eight of them!

1. Constant effort is required

You don’t just make the mental decision and then-BOOM- your life is sunshine and waterfalls.

Organize Your Space, Organize Your TimeBrenna PeytonApril 14, 2016biblical organization, how to get organized, why get organized, christ and organization, Clutter, mess, messy Comments