NO more busted luggage to lug!

Have you ever found yourself standing on top of a suitcase jumping on it while the other person helping you is attempting to zip it up? When is the moment that you realize, “perhaps we have too many items that do not need to be taken with us” ? Most of us will just ignore that thought and keep jumping on it until it closes, or we will go get a bigger suitcase and stuff it all in there and somehow still have the sides bulging again, then we will lug the bag here and there to its final destination and upon opening it, providing you still can and the zipper didn’t break, what you find is a heap of smooshed things and an overabundance of belongings that could have been removed from the start making less work on so many. I saw an ad yesterday on facebook for a storage unit and the question was this:”should this guy order a bigger unit or get another medium sized one to hold the rest of his stuff. “ I commented on it, “We, in general need to reduce what “junk” we have instead of paying more money to store it for months on end. Our mentality is GET GET GET and then forget forget what we have so go get more and then we are hit with the hard realization that the more has no room to be allowed into our homes, bags, units, lives….I believe we do this same thing with problems and frustrations and situations that occur in life. We often times cram them and cram them inside figuring, they will fit and I will deal with them later, almost popping yourself at the seams from all that you are bottling and holding and storing within you. And then we have others who come along and dump more on us but we are already filled to the brim.. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if before you start shoving things here and there and paying for extra space elsewhere (like other people’s brains and time to listen) that we sit down with Jesus and go through our hurts and our scenarios and ask Him what He can eliminate for us and provide new space and freedom to be able to have the ability when asked for help by someone that you could reach out and spare some time and a dime because you didn’t spend all your dimes on storage units or your time because you handed your problems to Jesus at His feet and he promises to take them from us and for us to lean on Him . He then will bless above and beyond and will share with you that release of having had too much “stuff” up in your head and heart. Replace it with Him and His words, which you can never have enough of God’s word inside you. Then, when you go to pack your bag all you need is a joyful heart and happy smile and well, be sure to throw in your Bible! (and a couple outfits, but not too many!)