Stuff: Do you like stuff? What stuff do you have that you could do without? Is your stuff well used? Organized? Burdensome?There it was, lined up on tables, piled in mounds around the yard, ready to be pawed through, sold for the best "you make an offer" price that a buyer might muster.
We were moving out of our house, and oh! There. Was. Stuff.
We took garbage bags full to the Goodwill, sometimes daily.
We put it out on the corner in front of our house, and cheered when it disappeared.
Until the very last moment, we were taking the broken and used up stuff to the dump, and giving usable stuff to friends.
And even so, the remaining stuff currently waits in a storage unit, or, uh, maybe two, until we return to the States and make our way to our new home at the US/Mexico border.
Yes.
We might have some stuff.
But until then, we are at the other end of the continuum.
We arrived in Costa Rica with 2 suitcases each.
Two BIG suitcases, two each for seven people, but nonetheless, a relatively small amount of stuff in comparison to the household that we left..
And here’s the great thing-
we’re fine.
Yes, there is stuff that I miss.
Books.
Kitchen stuff.
An extra towel and set of sheets when the laundry doesn’t get dry.
But overall, the thought of all that stuff that awaits…
Honestly, it makes me anxious.
Yes, there is stuff that we could do without.
A whole lot of it, as a matter of fact.
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-21
What a blessing it is to live without so much stuff.
Right now, if thieves did break in and steal, I wouldn’t notice much. (just not the computer, pleeeease?!)
I want to live with eternal treasure, not leave my heart with the stuff here on earth.
Another prompt from January Reflections. For more, be sure to visit TheGloriousImpossible.
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Oh, if we could only get 'stuff' under control! I constantly try, and often get rid of stuff, but I have to admit that the thought of moving and having to pack what we keep in 2 bags each is a very appealing idea.
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