Making home a holy place

        I love cleaning but I guess, is not so much the cleaning as it is to have a clean house and be able to feel the spirit. I have 2 young kids that love getting their toys out and that is fine but there is a big difference between toys scattered and dirt scattered. I see toys in the floor and it doesn't bother me, as long as the kids are playing with them, but it bothers me when there are crumbs on the floor. It doesn't take long to clean up a room or to vacuum. I vacuum the living room twice a day and each time it takes 2 minutes. I sweep the kitchen floor few times a day, usually after we are done eating and when the kids go to bed, again it takes few minutes to do this. It feels really good to have a house that smells good and feels good. 
         http://lds.org/ensign/1980/01/making-home-a-holy-place?lang=eng&query=clean+homes This is a really good article that pretty much summarizes how cleaning:
1 - Home beautification and orderliness

"Just as we feel the Spirit of the Lord in the clean, orderly surroundings of a chapel or a temple, we can more easily invite the Spirit of the Lord into our homes by making them clean and orderly. No home, no matter how costly, is beautiful if it isn’t neat. Even an impoverished home can be beautiful if everything is orderly. We find an increased spirituality and reverence when our home is clean.

Parents and children should all help keep a home clean, inside and outside. We have tried to make housecleaning more of an attitude than an event. We try to generate pride in our home, which prompts a more constant awareness of the home’s condition. When we clean thoroughly, father is responsible for major parts of the process. When the children see him helping, they have a greater desire to do their part." 

      With that said, let's keep our homes clean and organized! let's not accumulate things that we don't use, let's keep the dust out of our homes, let's keep our homes as a sanctuary and we all can start by cleaning!