I’m not nearly finished clearing out my study yet, but you know what? Already, I feel fabulous. Maybe it was because I’ve been studying and praying about the Fourth Step process of inventorying that I finally felt willing to tackle the build-up. Well, my daughter moved away again months and months ago, but the displaced boxes and even more unfiled paperwork have remained undisturbed in my study – until last night. And since it looks more like a storeroom than a study, I couldn’t very well object when my daughter asked if she could stash some stuff from the upstairs bedroom in my study when she moved home for the summer. I allow half-finished projects to pile up along with unfiled papers, books, and other “important” things. At my house, my study is one of those places. Drawer or room, basement, garage, briefcase or purse – we all have someplace where we’ve stuffed things and forgotten them.

Some people even have a “junk room” or two. (Alma 15:17 Mosiah 4:2 Jacob 4:6-7 Ether 12:27)(Heart t’ Heart scriptural version)ĭo you have a “junk” drawer? Most people do. Made a searching and fearless written inventory of our past in order to thoroughly examine ourselves as to our pride and other weaknesses with the intent of recognizing our own carnal state and our need for Christ’s Atonement. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Clean hands pure heart good grace