BIG BARN SALE

All week we have been preparing for a "garage" sale. BUT we cannot have a "garage" sale because we have too much stuff to have it in the garage. SO we have to have a BARN sale. And to top that off, the stuff spills out of the barn into the driveway. I am not talking about a small barn but a 30' by 50' barn. And the barn was virtually empty before this week. Now...that is too much stuff. I talked to my dad yesterday. I made an oath to him that I would not, under any circumstances, take any item back into my garage after the sale AND I would not leave any item in the barn that I had taken there to sale. His response was "Your mother never brings anything back in that has made its way out to a sale" My response, "I'm not that strong, hence the oath. Hold me accountable Dad".

Sometimes I get so tied to things. Do you? I get sentimental and all. "Oh but so and so gave that to me" and "But that is good stuff, I can't just give it away". After working until 11pm last night, Lane woke early this morning and ran out to look at the barn. A few minutes later he came inside to say, "I was just checking to see what you did wrong". In other words, what did I put a sticker on that he did not want to sell. So the battle is all around me, within and without.

Matt. 6:19 reminds me "Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves. Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be."

Lord, help me to be a good steward of the material blessings you give me. Help me to treasure and hide Your word in my heart and not the stuff of this earth or in my barn and garage. In Jesus name, Amen.

First post

Here is my first post to my blog. I am just learning all about this blogging thing, so I will be just playing around for a while.

Kelly