Stuff...things...objects...owning...

When I was home, I worked a bit and was able to purchase somethings that would 'make my life easier'. As in traveling and communicating with people. Pause....life? And then I think about all the other countries. Which starts me thinking why do I need stuff? But that is a complicated topic. I also recently moved. I had a really, really small room in Closkelt. But somehow I'm filling up my new bigger room in Belfast. Did it expand? Or did I just cram things well?

Purging has been a theme here for us in these last few years. I think that my life is due a good purging. Thought patterns, habits, stuff, clothes.... And then when I starting thinking about it all...I feel guilty for having things. Is that right? Or is it a poverty mentality that some missionaries have? I believe that there should be a balance. My friend read a scripture the other day. And I think that it holds the balance well.

Proverbs 30:7-9
"Two things I ask of you, O LORD;
do not refuse me before I die:

Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.

Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, 'Who is the LORD ?'
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God."

One of the things that I try to do is limit my spending. Do I really need this? Is this a treat? I also try to go secondhand shopping. Which can be fun when you are in the mood. On most YWAM bases there is a room where people can take and leave things. This room has had a huge hand in the size of my wardrobe.