This past weekend I gathered everything I own that doesn’t fit in my back pack or one of two suitcases I am storing at my parents house next year, and SOLD IT! Freak OUT, right?! Actually, No.
My living room was filled with things…and for the first time that was really all they were. Often through out my life I have let things represent my identity. I let things be memories, I wore them as if they defined me and gave me value.
But, I realized as I looked over all these things that God had made me sooo much more than the sum of my possessions and He is so excited to show me what my value in Him is and not this earthly stuff.
I was shocked how easy it was to sell these things I had once let be my identity. In fact, my WONDERFUL roommates had to step in to do the pricing because I was just giving stuff away. They had to remind me over and over again that this was to help me go on the race!
And it was then I realized how much the preparation for the race is already changing me, I can’t even imagine how much the entire experience will form me!!! I don’t say any of this to glorify my actions! Because if it had been up to me two months ago I would have been doing some bargain hunting at the mall on a Saturday morning with my roommates, not selling everything I own! But GOD has changed my perspective. He has made me acutely aware of the wealth that surrounds me and my responsibility to be a good steward of all the opportunity this life has afforded me! (specially my education)
I want to learn to live on less and share the abundance of my life with people! I want this to be the way I live, not just on the race but in life!
I wish I could express how good it feels to be rid of SOOO much stuff, ironically I feel like I am more ME than ever before!
So with just two months to go before I leave I have a lot to do, but last Saturday was a REALLY BIG step, and I am soooo thankful for every one who came to support me!
God is Good, AMEN!
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Blessings : )
