Getting started
I know my blogs have been terribly scarce. Sorry! I do like to blog more than I have been lately. For some reason, though, I haven't had much extra time.....
Actually, I just started this today. It is only the preliminary stuff - things I can do without Sean's help. I am going bit by bit weeding out the "give away or sell stuff" from the "absolutely must go with us to Mexico stuff," and I can see this is going to feel really good. All those bags on the table are clothes - too big, too small, too something - and are going to be given away. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 8 bags full. One for the neighbor, 6 for the MAF chaplain ministry, and one for the little girl who lives down the lane. Really.
I am absolutely amazed at how much stuff we've collected in not even two years in Ecuador. Actually, I'm appalled. And embarrassed. God is really working on my pack-rat heart. And speaking of rats...well, let's just say that it is very interesting what you find when you move things around in a storage building. Ugh.
Anyway.
This is a great opportunity to whittle things down and get rid of things we never needed in the first place or have no use for now. As I go room to room sorting things this week and in the weeks to come I will have just two questions on my mind 1) is it irreplaceable? and 2) do I really want to pack it? If it doesn't meet the standard, it will be sold or given away. It is just that simple. I can't wait to be rid of all this unnecessary stuff!
Actually, I just started this today. It is only the preliminary stuff - things I can do without Sean's help. I am going bit by bit weeding out the "give away or sell stuff" from the "absolutely must go with us to Mexico stuff," and I can see this is going to feel really good. All those bags on the table are clothes - too big, too small, too something - and are going to be given away. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 8 bags full. One for the neighbor, 6 for the MAF chaplain ministry, and one for the little girl who lives down the lane. Really.
I am absolutely amazed at how much stuff we've collected in not even two years in Ecuador. Actually, I'm appalled. And embarrassed. God is really working on my pack-rat heart. And speaking of rats...well, let's just say that it is very interesting what you find when you move things around in a storage building. Ugh.
Anyway.
This is a great opportunity to whittle things down and get rid of things we never needed in the first place or have no use for now. As I go room to room sorting things this week and in the weeks to come I will have just two questions on my mind 1) is it irreplaceable? and 2) do I really want to pack it? If it doesn't meet the standard, it will be sold or given away. It is just that simple. I can't wait to be rid of all this unnecessary stuff!
I swear moving is God's way of showing us what is really important and what we can do without. :) Praying you have wisdom in what you keep and what to get rid of.
ReplyDeleteI love to declutter. It makes you feel so good. I love your blog. Blessings on your journey.
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