Home Improvement

My buggy was pretty full: hanging pots, a small bedside lamp, and ten shrubs of which I don't even recall their names. Why all the stuff? Me, and hundreds of other people, had "home improvement" on our minds. Bottom line, we all spent too much money so we could do too much work! Why is it we neglect Christ's home ... the heart? We spend countless hours on the appearance of our homes, our vehicles, our food, but we neglect the most important thing to God -- our hearts. Proverbs 4:23 gives precise instructions about the upkeep of God's  dwelling place: "Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life." Instead of keeping His home clean and seeking to improve it, we allow spiritual pollutants-toxins to seep in and then expect Christ to live in it! Oh, how much our hearts need ongoing, constant attention. It's the only way we can be all God wants us to be, and the only way we can be used as God wants to use us. So, what do you say - how a bout a little ... home improvement?