Red Wednesday's Wisdom - CHG #7, Part One

Implement a Prioritized Plan with Patience
Happy New Year everyone, and may 2013 be the year for less clutter in your life! So let’s get started in doing just that.  As you read CHG #7, look at the key words that clue you into the root causes of your clutter as they relate to this CHG.

♥ Implement
♥ Plan
♥ Prioritize
♥ Patience

1. My clutter builds up when I do not implement my prioritized plan with patience.
2. My clutter builds up when I do not have a plan.
3. My clutter builds up when I have a plan, but it is not based on priorities or knowing what is most important.
4. My clutter builds up when I have a prioritized plan that gets implemented, but then it is void of me being patient.

Therefore, when I implement a prioritized plan with patience, I lessen my clutter and this brings healing to me.

This is the guideline that most represents how nurses use what is called, the nursing process, to care for their patients.  The nursing process is based on identifying a patient’s prioritized needs, and then mapping out the steps to meet those needs so that the best plan of care can be implemented.  Because goals are part of this process, patience is once again being reinforced as a very necessary component for any kind of healing.

Healing requires time. First and foremost for healing to begin, we must slow down, so be patient with yourself and one another!

The Scripture to support CHG #7 is from Matthew 13:47-48, “…a fishing net is thrown into the water and gathers fish of every kind. …sit …sort …and throw the bad ones away.”

What does Matthew 13:47-48 imply as being the root cause of my clutter?

♥ My clutter builds up when I do not have a “fishing net.”
♥ My clutter builds up when I do not know how to gather.
♥ My clutter builds up when I do not have the patience of a fisherman to sit, sort, and throw out the bad.

Therefore, when I know how to “fish”, gather, sit, sort, and throw away, I am in the process of becoming organized, and this lessens my clutter and brings healing to me.

So what does a fishing net and fishing have to do with clutter? 

Until I began getting into God’s Word, I had no clue that Matthew 13:47-48 would be the Scriptural backup for CHG #7, or that it would be so descriptive of how I have taught clients about the organizing process.  Through Jesus’ story of the fishing net, I came to the realization that getting organized is just like going fishing. So not only does CHG #7 best reflect the nursing process, its Scriptural reference best describes the organizing process too! 

Look up Matthew 13:47-48 in your Life Recovery Bible and you will see the context in which this Scripture was written.  Jesus is telling the parable, or story, of “The Fishing Net” that is compared to the Kingdom of Heaven, and how there will be a process of sorting the wicked from the righteous.  At the end of time, this will be the reality of what happens. So I want to ask you this: Do you know where you want to be when your life has come to an end? 

Your SW this week is to think about this question and to consider the prioritized plans that God has been patiently showing you in His desire to heal you and grow you spiritually.

Next week we will talk about Matthew 13:47-48 as it relates to the practical aspects of getting your “stuff” organized like a fisherman who is fishing.  In preparation, here are some questions to ponder as you think back to your original clutter category. If you need refreshed, then go back to where I first introduced you to the idea of SW.       
                                         
1.  What do you think the net symbolizes?                                                         
2.  What does sitting, sorting, and throwing mean to you as you think about getting yourself organized in this new year?