Stuff

Galatians 3:26-27 (MSG) By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God. Your baptism in Christ was not just washing you up for a fresh start. It also involved dressing you in an adult faith wardrobe—Christ's life, the fulfillment of God's original promise.

How do we grasp this? By renewing our minds, changing our thinking.

Why is the transition such a struggle? Perhaps because we have spent so long believing 'if it is to be it is up to me'.

My role is to come to rest and trust. Yet all around me are questions 'how will you do it? How will you survive? Haven't you got a good job yet? On and on are the questions.

Stuff calls out 'you can't have me because you're a loser. Since when does stuff call the shots, since when does it rule? Why is the having of excess rubbish important?

For years I ran down the accumulation of stuff alley and all it did was ruin. I watch my children run down this path and know what waits at the end.

At Christmas people are out buying excess stuff, it goes in one door and last years stuff goes out the other to the tip.

Yesterday I went to look at gifts for my grandchildren and people were running around like ants desperate to bring in the food before the rain. What is important?

Last night I visited my grand daughter, held her, loved her, spoke to her. I know the role I have in her life, it is priceless. I played with my grandsons. I am so blessed to have these little ones, they are blessed to have me.

As Christmas approaches I can say that I am so blessed to have my Jesus, to have His Holy Spirit inside, I am blessed. Amen!