As I sit here and look around my room I am realizing that I have way more than I need! It is strange to realize this because I really don't even have that much. As matter of fact, I get annoyed because I am always thinking that I need more. That I need more money and better stuff and better clothes and so much of this and that but the fact is...I don't need any of it! I don’t even need most of what I have right here right now!
It is actually starting to get in my way. I never thought that
stuff would come before the more important things in life but I am starting to
see that the more stuff we have the higher on our priority list it goes. We
think we need all this stuff that we really don't (and others may need). Do you
really need that shirt you just bought? Do you really need ANOTHER pair of
shoes? How many colors of lip gloss does one person really need? And why keep
all the books you read when you KNOW that you won’t read them again but someone
out there just may? Even the stuff saved in your computer…are you ever really
going to look at it again or read it? And the tons of apps you keep on your
phone….is it necessary or is it taking time away from what is really important?
And what is it that is really important to you?
Stuff doesn't make us happy...I know it doesn't make me happy. As
soon as I think I have enough a few days later I think I need more. It is a
never ending cycle and I want it to stop. I want to live with just the right
amount of stuff...no more, no less. I know for some time I talked about keeping
inventory of my things to be sure that I never accumulated too much stuff. That
may sound crazy to some but you guys just don’t know how much stuff I like to
keep for the ‘just in case I need it one day’. But, that day never comes and
then I am cluttered so much in my home that it starts to affect other areas of
my life without me even knowing it. Is there anyone out there that can relate?
So, I need to go back to giving some of this stuff away and going
through my stuff every so often…not just the stuff cluttering my home, but the
stuff cluttering my mind also.
I have heard it said that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
I don't want to have only good intentions! I want to act on it! It is easy to have
an idea…everyone has ideas. But the ones who make a move when God calls….those
are the ones that have true joy and live an awesome life! When God reveals
something to me and gives me an idea and wants me to try something I want to be
a doer…not a person that never even starts because it sounds too hard! I want
to be the one who acts on it! Not just someone who doesn't listen at all only
worrying about me. Not someone that stops when the going gets tough. God
blesses me every single time I go out on a limb for Him and so far I haven't
even gone that far out. What would happen if I go WAY out on a limb?!? Wow! I
can't even imagine. God is able to do more and greater than anything our
imaginations can think or dream up. This is where I want to live. I want to
live in a way that when I see God moving so much and so far that nothing even
surprises me. Reaching a point where I am just like, "Yep, that's God for
ya....doing the unexpected with the unexpected and getting totally unexpected
results!" Lord, help me to have the courage I need to not just go out on a
limb but to dangle from the very tip of the longest branch there is out there
for YOU!
