Everything I Need…For Now
“Keep, Throw Away, Give Away”
I know I am not a big deal, a big success, a You Tube star or an “influencer”. But I have some ideas. You have ideas. I am putting my ideas here. It’ll be great if we agree. I don’t imagine we will see eye to eye on everything and that is okay! What would be great is to share what we have now, wherever we are, and from wherever we have come. And as we go, share your story with someone, bring them along and give a few stories away.
I have regularly practiced going through everything I own and separating by “keep, throw away, give away”. I have moved too many times to admit. I have had all the garage sales, sold on eBay and even Facebook marketplace. The low waste movement really helped me take it up a notch too. It helped me tune in in ways that challenged me and taught me. But that is just stuff. Now stories, stories help connect us. And in those stories, we have parts that we keep, parts we would love to throw away, and the parts that we share, sometimes a lot.
I was reading in my devotion the other morning, Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” While I was a sinner, God showed His love to me. To a cancel culture society, God cancelled my sins, He did not cancel me. I am so aware of how much I have screwed up. But God didn’t throw me away. I am aware of how hard I am on myself. But I should lighten up because God didn’t give me away. God doesn’t just love me, he showed me he loved me. Each day I try to be faithful in the day, knowing I screw up here and there. But He loves me. He loved me when I was younger and annoying and He loves me when I am older and…..annoying.
So what’s the point? In a world where people easily throw one another away, God did not throw me away and put me right here, right now. He knows what I am made of and everything has come together to put me right here, right now. Whether it is hurt, joy, pain, peace, aging or humor, he put all of this together. I know I am not as good as I hope to be, but I am better than I was. And sometimes, I just need to remember that and know, I have everything I need for right now.