by Joanne Wiklund
Since Spring is so close and our new time is here, when we get through the next two weeks we’ll be fine again. It almost always take me two weeks to get used to the time change, which is a little ridiculous I guess. But with the new time comes more new weather changes. Snow one day and shorts wearing weather the next is not new. This is Illinois and close to Iowa. We know what the weather is like here.
Spring also brings Spring Cleaning. Well, in my generation it did. People now days do it their way and paint, wall paper and lay tile any time of the year. I was watching the news yesterday, which I do rarely these days. I’ve been working on a news fast for several months now and take my news in bite sized pieces from my phone. I’d rather do that than be blasted from a great big screen with the worst of the worst news that could be found. During the commercial, I was given a chance to answer a rhetorical question. It gave me the best chuckle I’ve had all week.
The ad was for a basement waterproofing company and it’s narrator asked the burning question: “What is your basement trying to tell you?” If you don’t have a basement, you’re home free. But in our case our basement has always been a basement. Unfinished, but enjoyable. We had boys and girls do sleepovers there. We had a pool table, a craft section with all kinds of paint and projects in various shades of completion for a long time. A bowling alley with retired pins from one end to the other. A punching bag fastened to a floor joist. At one point, Number One Grandson and I had a small tent decorated with Batman logos, including a sign over the door that said “Bat Cave.” A sleeping bag floor, copious amount of squishy pillows and lots of good books which occasionally led to a good nap for both of us.
Through the years however, it has evolved into a major storage area. No need to rent a storage space, just put it in the basement. Right now the answer to the question “What Is My Basement Trying To Tell Me?” is a single word, “Help!” I don’t have to worry about it coming upstairs however, because the deadbolt on the upstairs door keeps little ones from falling down the basement stairs and teenagers from forgetting to close the door. It’s not closed till it’s locked.
One of these days, however, I will have to face the music and the question and answer the anguished cry from the “Stuff” and start sorting once again. I’m not trashing much, but I’m sharing as much as I can. How do you spell “Procrastination”?
Proverbs 27:1 “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”
Psalm 121:3-5 “He that keepeth thee shall not slumber. 4 Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper.”
Luke 18:8 “When the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”
Acts 26:18 “That they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”