Going Slow with Dr. Low

That sucks!

I was vacuuming the floor yesterday and nothing was coming up. It looked like I was vacuuming because I was leaving the little grooves from the vacuum all over the floor so I probably could have gotten away with making my wife think I had vacuumed, but the reality was nothing was being sucked up. So I decided to do the obvious and empty the canister to see if that would help.

My wife had warned me that the canister was full and needed emptying but I thought I would do it after I vacuumed. But when I emptied it I realized it wasn't just full, it was so full that it was clogged and nothing was able to be sucked in, not even air. Because of the weather and shear laziness we had not emptied the vacuum in weeks even though we knew we should and now we were paying for it.

While the analogy may seem obvious it did make me think of what I am not able to take in or embrace when my heart, mind, soul or even schedule is too full. How many blessings and opportunities from God do I miss simply because I fail to keep the flow open as it gets clogged up with too many things - maybe blatant sin or maybe just innocent busyness or distraction.

What do you need to clean up, give up or open up in order to experience more of a free-flowing connection with God?

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