Wasn't it just last week Mo or Mike or someone was mentioning that no yeast was allowed - ever - as part of a burnt offering? Apparently not even a taint. So Kim's article is right on time. - RC

I saw the writing on the wall; actually in the dumpster. A neighbor was moving to her new home. After moving her furniture, having a garage sale, and giving away a lot of stuff, she filled the dumpster twice. Looking at the dumpster, I saw the Robson's future. If we didn't get a grip, this is where most of our stuff will end up.

Amazing how things multiply. Andrew brought everything he owned to America in a backpack, and I went to college with two suitcases. While living in Texas for 19 years and after three kids, two dogs, four birds, and two houses, we racked up an insane amount of stuff. We sold half of our belongings and netted $1612.60 (I still have the deposit slip), and still paid to move a truck load to Massachusetts. We are still tripping on it. Looking at the dumpster that day, I declared war on clutter. Spring cleaning with a machete is in order.

Passover instructions are given in Exodus 12:3-20. Verse 3: once a year. Verse 19: get rid of the yeast in your home. Passover.org explains how any area, including offices, cars, and more are to be search with great care, providing a checklist to help. On the night before Passover, a formal search with a candle is to be conducted. As Christians, we are free from performing such duties, yet this is understandable. What kind of people, nation, world would we be if we yearly emptied our homes, disposed of the excess, and put things in order? And by understanding the physical action, we would better understand the spiritual need of putting ourselves right with God with a "spring cleaning" which covered both physical and spiritual. By the way, I Corinthians 5:7 compares yeast to sin.

Off to the clutter war I go.

Kim Robson