The things that I love and hold dear to my heart are just borrowed they're not mine at all.... Jesus only let me use them to brighten my life ... So remind me , remind me dear Lord.... The words of an old song... hold true today.... I have loved and held many things close to my heart for I have had so many blessings and material goods, No, I am not wealthy, compared to some.. But compared to others , I am.... I have had my share of the comforts of life... not extravagant things but enjoyable things.... some have been very useful and some just pretty to look at and some just plain and simple little treasures .... But things are just that .. they are “Things” things that can be replaced if lost or stolen..... because things are disposable and transferable but they are things... Sometimes things get in the way of what is important... They can become too important and take our time and energy away from what really counts...I am learning to lay them down...day by day they are loosing their value to me.... I have been letting them go from my heart for some time now ... because I will not take them with me, they have served their purpose thus far, and I am thankful for all I have been given to enjoy along the way...
I have always tried to keep my head on straight as for as what I spend my money for ... and for many years what my husband had to work for because I didn’t always have my own money ... I have tried to be very saving and practical ... you know the bargain hunter kind of person.... but even at a bargain the “things” you have become a part of you .... You become familiar with them and they sometimes become “treasures” ... They may not be worth much to anyone else but you, but they are special... Well, I have had lots of those special things, hidden away in old hat boxes or the dresser drawers and in closets....even under the beds... Things I saved from our only little boy , baby clothes , little cars and things he saved thru the years... Things that make you smile, like a costume I made him for his 1st grade play... and pictures he drew of his house, family and the neighbors dog ... that stayed at our house, because he loved it so much... You know “ treasures”..... I don’t plan on throwing them out... but my heart is letting go....
I think I understand what the purpose is for letting go .... It isn’t wrong to have things but it is wrong for things to have us ..... when what we have and what we do is about things and we just want to live on and on so we can secure and protect our treasures , we need to release them ....There are no U-hauls in heaven... I don’t want the tears that will be wiped away from my eyes to be about the “things “ I had accumulated and left behind....
“love not the world neither the things that are in the world”...... I am letting go! The greatest treasures I have are my precious Family, My Relationship with the Lord and the understanding I have of His Word... I celebrate the fact that He died , that I might live and that has nothing to do with “things”....That is my greatest treasure !! And that my friend I must hold on too for ever and NEVER LET GO... “ for where your Treasure is, there your Heart will be also”.... myra
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