The Albatross Around Our Necks

I've talked with a number of people who have too much stuff.  Possessions ooze out of every pore of available space in their homes.  Frustration comes because there's not a place for everything, and they end up enjoying and appreciating nothing because it's just too overwhelming.

Exhausted by the visual sight of all they've accumulated along the way, they turn away and pretend it's not all there and it's not really bothering them.

But, truth be told, too much of anything ends up being like an albatross around our necks, a very difficult burden you can't unload.

Freedom comes when we begin the difficult task of acknowledging that much of what we clutch on to evokes memories and emotions that we haven't quite sorted through yet.  A tremendous release comes when we're courageous enough to begin to consider all that collides in our heads and hearts.  And being willing to let it go. 

Freedom is saying "no" to the creeping presence of more and more stuff.  And in ruthlessly saying goodbye to many of the things that we've allowed to define us.  In renting a dumpster.  In doing a tag sale.  In donating good stuff to those who really need it.  In refusing to go buy more things that we don't want or need.

So whether it's the bedroom drawers, jammed with clothes that will never be worn, or streamlining your medicine cabinet, utensil drawers, tool box, desk drawers, and cleaning cabinet, it just might be the time to go through our accumulations, one drawer, one cabinet, one closet, one pile, one surface at a time.

Are you ready to commit to 15 minutes a day?

Maybe it's time to begin throwing "off everything that hinders us." Because I'm thinking that it's distracting us from more important things.  Like focusing on all that Christ has designed for us to be and to do.
Linda

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