I'm Bad with Chaos

I can deal with a room full of screaming kids.

I can even deal with piles of stuff laying around the apartment.

I have a corner in my room where everything I don't know what to do with, gets thrown there.

I have a junk drawer in my desk..

Once or twice a year, everything in my living space gets torn out of its current location, leaving me surrounded by  by a debris, looking something like a tornado went through.

The thing is:  I get rid of stuff and stuff gets put back in order.

I can't live in continual chaos.

Evidenced yesterday by how I took to task this mess, while everyone else around me backed away...

I think I crave order in some places because I allow chaos in others.  But order takes work.  That is the second law of thermodynamics.  Sometimes it's overwhelming to take physical messes like this.

But what is even harder, is to sort through spiritual messes of this magnitude.  Because, you have to move things more than once.  You have to throw some things away...and you worry you will throw away something valuable.  But the cost of leaving the mess...

Confusion...restlessness...stumbling...fear...


And God is so kind to lead us through by the Holy Spirit:

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard you hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7