Why do I always end up with piles of clutter on mine? As I recall, it all started in 1973 when we bought our first home, a 12-wide mobile home. A bar separated the kitchen/dining area and the living room and I could sew or work on my bills and watch TV in the living room.
In our next house, the kitchen/dining area was separated from the living room by a wall. I put a TV on the buffet in the dining area. Again I could sew, pay bills, watch the kids do homework, cook, all from my dining table.
When we moved into this home, which has a large living room, with the dining room and the kitchen separated by a bar, I thought things would be different. I have a sewing table in the spare bedroom and TVs in almost every room. I have a desk for my computer and bills in the living room and a desk in the bedroom. Still I find myself at the dining table working on my laptop just like before.
Today I realized the dining table has been my CONTROL CENTRAL in all our homes. My mind thinks that the dining table is my office, but that is no longer true. Now my desk is my office and I need to remind myself daily of that fact and not continue to use my dining room as my office.
Romans 12:2 NKJV says “do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” You must reprogram your mind with right thinking.”
The way to change our behavior is to change our thinking.