The Simple Life

Today: the more you possess, the more worth you are.
Jesus says the contrary. He says that you're more blessed when you give away.

Right now I'm sitting in my room surrounded by bundles and random mounds of things that I don't know where to put. I have so many things that I have no space left to put them.

Since about a month ago, I realized that I loathed my crunched, no-budge space in my closet. SO full that I had to literally put my whole body weight in to push clothes apart in order to retrieve a shirt I wanted to wear for the day. More than 50 pairs of shoes... I was compared to Mariah Carey & her closet (NOT a compliment in my mind).

Those are glimpses of her closet. I was watching a video where they're actually walking through her closet... x-p

Ok, moving on.

So I started picking clothes and other material things that I hadn't used in a while. I took those and donated them. Now, I usually donate them to Goodwill but then my mom told me about this other place where they give out clothes for free to people who need them. I thought that was a great idea!! Not giving it to Goodwill so other people could buy it, but giving it to a place where people can get free clothes. And not even knowing it, I found out I was donating my clothes to a Christian ministry! :)

Yet, I still live in excess. Maybe it's my room that's too small... uuuh NO. Excuses.

As I was staring at everything all over my room, I said, "Ugh, I just want to possess less. Live a simple life. Less material things." I'm just so fed up with things.
The eye will never be satisfied and the flesh will never cease to want.

I find that the more you possess, the more attached you become to earth, and the farther you get from God's heart.

And please don't allow this post to be a standard for you in any way. The Lord deals with each and every one of us in different ways & He is dealing with me now about my heart.

HE is our standard.

HIS life was the simplest life that glorified the Father to the utmost.