Too Much Stuff?

“John answered, ‘Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same’” Luke 3:11

    “One of the best benefits of embracing a minimalist lifestyle is there’s less stress. You don’t have debt hanging over your head. There’s less hurry to make more money to buy the next thing coming out. Less stress leads to a more healthy lifestyle.” –Pastor Joshua Becker

    It is amazing how much larger your house seems with less needless things piled around it.

    I believed the hard part about removing clutter would be letting go of things. Yet it was on one of our first trips to Goodwill that I realized the hard part was contemplating just how much money I had wasted over the years on the unnecessary clutter.

    We clutter up our lives with many needless things. We worry too much, we stress too much, and let our imaginations get filled with fear of things that never come to pass. The corners of our minds get crowded with dread, doubt, and discouragement. We need mental and emotional house cleaning.

    We must constantly weigh the benefits of the things we bring into our lives, and the content with which we fill up our lives. It is easy to spot needless worry and fear. Fear-producing programs on television, or the people around us who bring about useless discouragement and negativity. Yet it can be very hard to discipline ourselves away from activities or associations that clutter our lives and draw down our already limited resources. Yet sometimes less is more.

    I challenge you to consider the many things in your life that are taking up your energy, your necessary resources. How much clutter can you remove to make your life better?

    Prayer: Dear Lord, we fill our lives with needless things, help us to instead fill ourselves with You! Amen.