losing weight

When we have been in one location for awhile,  I get this sudden urge to purge the camper of all the waste.  Even living in a space this size, we seem to accumulate a lot of things we don't need. I had to learn when we first moved in here that I can't keep  everything for a rainy day.  Back in Maine, I would collect craft materials with every intention of using them with the kids.  Well, I gathered and then never used. We would do a craft here and there, but never what I had intended.

Today, I wrote all the things that needed to be done on a notebook paper.  Then the family got busy cleaning.  This included pulling out furniture and vacuuming behind it, and wiping out cabinets.  It is nice that this is a full day job but not a multiday job.  The saying "Nature abhors a vacuum" is true.  No matter how much space I have, I can fill it.  Our five bedroom house had lots of extras and so does this camper (less than 300 square feet).  As I was cleaning, I was thinking of all the weight we were getting rid of.  It makes a lot of difference when we are hauling our house around behind us.   The more weight we haul, the more gasoline we burn.

How much energy do we waste carrying around burdens that we do not need to carry?  Is there anything that is weighing heavy on your heart?  Maybe some anger towards someone, someone you have not yet forgiven, or some sin you have not yet confessed to God.  What can you do today to change that?  Our first action should be prayer.  We do not need to carry these burdens. 

What weight can you drop today?

Sara