Well, today was not very exciting in the junk department.I didn't go delving into any dark corners or looking in any long abandoned drawers. It was the refrigerator and laundry. I think I have more kitchen towels and unmatched socks than anyone else I know. My kitchen drawer is full of clean towels and today I got rid of 4 more. I don't even know how many that makes that I have gotten rid of...I guess that is what happens when you don't keep up with the laundry, you end up with more things than you have room for. I have another basket of lonely socks, but I am afraid to get rid of them.. I haven't been moving this batch from closet to closet for the last 2 years trying to decide whether or not to get rid of them. I also worked on the refrigerator today. I got rid of 1 jar of black bean sauce, 1 jar of horseradish, 1 jar of hot mustard, 1 tub of strawberry glaze, 1 can of whipped cream and 1 old stick of margarine. All of these items were only partially full and all except the whipped cream were at least 2 years old. The whipped cream expired in January 2010. That is terrible!
Until this little mission came about, I didn't think that I really cared much about material possessions. I thought I had a good handle on not" storing up treasures on earth where moth and rust can destroy and thieves break in and steal,"but God has been using this temporal exercise to show me just exactly how misguided my spirit has been in this. I didn't consider the junk that I had been storing up to be treasure, but that is where I had been putting some of my hope. I was keeping alot of this stuff because I was afraid that one day I would need it and would be unable to get it or make do with out it. I was not trusting God in those areas. In school, the girls memory verse is Matt , 6:24-25 "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?" How awful it is to realize that I have been devoted to my junk. I understand that it is our responsibility to prepare for tomorrow, but how do I keep that from becoming my treasure?
Heavenly Father,
You know my weakness in this area. You know my need to be in control and feel that I am prepared for whatever may come my way. I ask that you help me keep these things in their proper place and help me discern what to keep and what to throw. I need your help in not worrying, trusting you to provide the things that I need.
Until tomorrow......
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