A while ago I wrote about being a good steward of what the Lord provides. That includes time, money, talents, etc. This week I have come to the realization that I HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF!! How is it that we can accumulate so much?
This week I started a project with my kids. We needed to get our schedule on track after taking on watching a one year old to earn extra money. We had tried this and that, but it just isn’t working. We need the money right now, and so I prayed that the Lord would give me the right schedule.
Ok, so to make things more efficient…I decided to go through the house and evaluate each area to see if we were using it correctly. I looked at the bathroom cupboards and drawers and noticed they were completely disorganized. Toothpaste was far away from the toothbrushes, hair brushes were not even near the rubber bands and hair ribbons, etc. So I made a layout of the bathroom and assigned ”areas” to it. Now there is a hygiene and ‘getting ready’ area, cleaning supply area, paper products area, and extra supplies that haven’t been opened area. You get the idea. Well, I have been doing this through the whole house and I find that we just have too much.
So here is the plan…I am going to go through every closet and drawer and room until I have a pile of stuff to donate. I am going to donate that stuff and then pray daily that the Lord will keep us all from adding anything unnecessary to this house for a year. At which time, I will evaluate it again. Why do we need more than eight dinner plates, or maybe twelve if you have big dinners? All those plastic cups you get with fountain drinks…do we really need them? Rubber bands from newspapers, or twist ties you never use?
This may seem like a silly post to you, but the Lord asks us to live in peace, right? How can we live in peace when we look around at all the stuff and the clutter, and think…”What can I do with all of this stuff?”
