So I am reading this book on Prayer and it mentioned something I never quite heard or thought of before.
The subtitle of the section was: Garage Sale and for a moment I was excited. I love Garage Sales. I love finding deals and going through other peoples 'junk.'
But it wasn't about finding lost treasures... rather it stated that every now and then we need to have SPIRITUAL Garage Sales for over-selves.
At that moment, my mind was blown. Truly.
Too often we keep hold of things that we really shouldn't be holding on to anymore. Not just fully spiritual / religious things but things things that aren't making us any better.
Like the dusty treadmills we keep around in the event we are determined to get back in shape ... we hold on to resentment from someone that hurt us 20 years ago. We don't forgive.
We keep the broken blender because who knows we may someday get the skills or abilities to fix it ... we are plagued with all the times we didn't complete the task or failed. We don't accept things.
We too often hang on to anger, greed, resentment, fear or whatever else that is holding us back. There are a lot of things I need give over to God...
I think this year I am going to have one heck of a spiritual garage sale.
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