Do I need that?

You know that drawer in your house, the one that collects all the items that don't have a home?  The random pens, matchbooks, pack of gum, extra key to who knows what.  I am sure everyone has one, right?  The junk drawer!  Today was the day mine had to be cleaned out.  Not because I woke up with ambition to clean but because that one last item would not fit.  I tried with all my might.  I shook it a little, hoping the junk would settle. I pushed stuff this way and that, even shoved a little but this was the day.  The day I had to empty it and clean it out.  When I do this, I always find all sorts of treasures.  Today I found 4 pens- all my favorite ones! I found my missing fingernail clippers and a note my friend had given me a month back.  Fun treasures! Each one made me smile.  I also found some not so useful items.  A cell phone charger to a phone I no longer own.  A picture of some one else's dog, and an empty roll of tape.  And of course crumbs and dust.  I threw the trash out, cleaned the crumbs and began putting the items back in, very proud of my extra chore for the day.  As I was putting things back in all neat and tidy I picked up two knives. Out of habit I went to put them back in. I then realized what they were, what I use to use them for.  I hadn't used them in a very long time, forgot they where there even.    I don't have a use for them any longer, there is no need to have them in there, or anywhere.

I was thinking of my prayers at the end of the day.  When I clean out my junk drawer for the day with my Heavenly Father.  Giving over to HIM that poor attitude I had or the swear word I let fly in traffic or you fill in the blank.  I wonder how many times I pick those habits right back up and put them  inside my junk drawer?  I know that if I let HIM, HE will clean, renew, sweep out the crumbs, and throw out the items that are no longer useful.