I hate it when they rearrange things at Walmart. I just get used to where things are and they completely change everything. I’m sure there is some marketing strategy to justify this but it drives me crazy. We are creatures of habit and when we are forced to deal with changes that we see as unnecessary, it messes with us.
I recently came across a quote that made me reconsider my aversion to rearranging. Lysa Terkeurst says, “God is close and if I choose to be close back, He will rearrange my feelings.” Webster's defines rearrange as, "to alter, adjust or change." So I rearrange my closet, my furniture, the contents of my refrigerator, and my chest of drawers but my feelings? Hmmmm.
Why do I rearrange all those things in my house? To get rid of the old to make room for the new, to change the look or perspective, to make it easier to access things. Why would I want to rearrange my feelings? To get rid of the junk to make room for the holy, to change my perspective, and to make it easier to think about the things God would want me to dwell on.
Okay, it’s beginning to make sense to me now. Ruts are good when you want to stay on the same path but if you want to move to a higher road, you’ve got to force yourself out of the rut. Rearranging things keeps me from getting bored and forces me to change to a new kind of “normal.” Getting closer to God forces me to look at things in a different way, using different standards and different “normals.” John 15:19 says, “If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.”
Alright, so next time they rearrange things at Walmart, I won’t spend the whole time whining about the fact that I can’t find anything. Instead, I’ll remind myself about how getting closer to God can change my perspective and rearrange my feelings…and maybe whine just a little.
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