All the stuff...it's God's stuff.
"O Lord our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name, it comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you." 1 Chron. 29:16
Truly living in the knowledge that everything we have and everything we give belongs to God is a life-changing experience. It's all God's. That should take some of the stress away - let God worry about His stuff instead of our worrying about it. This is such a freeing thought if we can ever realize it completely and let go totally, unclench our clutching hands and step back from the stuff cluttering our houses and garages and lives. There's no more comparing what we have to what others have when you realize it's all God's and not ours.
And our real stuff, our treasure? Well, God's keeping it safe for us. Again. No worries.
Note: I wrote this today before my son, Sawyer, and I went and worked in our town on tornado cleanup. We live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, were the Good Friday F-4 tornado hit a week ago Friday. Sifting through the debris today and throwing away so much stuff, the contents of so many houses plucked up and strewn over miles and realizing the only thing that matter in that moment were the lives of the owners and not what was owned. So many people blessed just to have survived and thankful to have us there to help them throw things away. It really helps to put things in perspective. Especially on the way home driving by the lot at the corner of Sulphur Springs and Haynes where the Bryant family lived and two of them perished. All that remains is the foundation and a memorial of flowers.
In away, no one in this town was untouched by the Good Friday Tornadoes. Most of us have been victors because of it and not victims.
My post last year on this date.
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