"He who has God and many things has nothing more than he who has God alone." C.S. Lewis
So here it is, mid-March and you're probably thinking, "I thought this month's change challenge was going to be about cleaning out our stuff?" (Or maybe you don't just sit around and think about my blog - that would be pretty conceited of me to think that you do.) Anyway, I really wanted to start out this month actually challenging the way we think about our stuff before we started really going through our stuff. I believe we've got to get to the root of the problem before we can really tackle it head on.
So, I hope you've had a chance over the past week or two, after watching The Story of Stuff and hearing about how my view of my stuff has changed, to take some time to think about your stuff. I truly hope and pray that we can view our stuff as just what it is - stuff. We can't take it with us when we leave this earth, and it will never satisfy us or make us truly happy.
What has to be first and foremost in our lives is our relationship with God. I'm sure you've heard it said that we should put God first, others second and ourselves last. I'm becoming convinced that is not completely right. I believe that we should seek God only, God alone. When we set our minds on things above and not on things of this world (Colossians 3:2), all the other things, including our stuff, will fall into their proper place.
So, how is your relationship with God? This is such a personal and individual question. There is not a right answer, but I hope and pray that you can say that you are growing in knowledge of your Creator and becoming more like Him (Colossians 3:10).
So with our relationship with God at the forefront of our minds, and our new way of thinking about our stuff, let's get started going through it and purging stuff that we don't need, don't use or that we just have more of than we truly need. I'm no professional organizer (the mere thought of that makes me laugh!), I don't have a 3 step plan for helping you go through your stuff. I say just start somewhere and you can feel good about every little bit that you sort through and get rid of stuff, and it will be a weight lifted off your shoulders. I'll try to find some good links to pass along to you about going through and purging your stuff.
What stuff do you want to work on cleaning out during the rest of this month?
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21
So with our relationship with God at the forefront of our minds, and our new way of thinking about our stuff, let's get started going through it and purging stuff that we don't need, don't use or that we just have more of than we truly need. I'm no professional organizer (the mere thought of that makes me laugh!), I don't have a 3 step plan for helping you go through your stuff. I say just start somewhere and you can feel good about every little bit that you sort through and get rid of stuff, and it will be a weight lifted off your shoulders. I'll try to find some good links to pass along to you about going through and purging your stuff.
What stuff do you want to work on cleaning out during the rest of this month?
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21
Hi, thanks for the "stuff challenge" and thanks for linking the "story of stuff" its so true that materialism has a strangle-hold grip on our culture. In looking the video up on youtube, i also ran into a rebuttle of sorts by Lee Doren (in 4 parts) which showed Ms. Leonard exaggerated some facts. Doesn't change the fact that we need to be responsible, but does give an additional point of view to consider.
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