So what are you thinking? I mean, really. Isn't there is some undeniable truth here? What are we, what am I to do with this? And I'm not talking bandwagon action. I don't know about you but this goes much, much deeper than a bandwagon.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Uh-Oh, Again
I seriously hesitate to even post this video. The last half resonates so deeply, I think I actually blush. We're talking true confession and serious vulnerability here. Do NOT watch this video unless you are open to some real action from the Holy Spirit. Actually, do and then lets talk.
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this def spoke to me!! thanks for posting! susan
ReplyDeleteI just finished Miss Mustard Seed's book and this sort of went right along with it. It's not about the stuff and having more - it's about finding true contentment through HIM. We can create a warm, cozy, beautiful, atmosphere for ourselves and our families but we should not be so consumed by it that the only way we can be content is to constantly be getting more stuff. Just more of God! Doesn't make decor or furnishings wrong - just needs to be in the right perspective and budget :)
ReplyDeleteAlright already...conscience pricked and toes have been stepped on! Right now I'm doing Kay Arthur's study on Money & Possessions-The Quest for Contentment. Re-evaluating my journey...have definitely not arrived!
ReplyDeleteGot it for Christmas and read it. Now mulling application as I clean closets! Ditto for what Jill said-the right or wrong is in the perspective. I have to shudder just a bit tho as I contemplate another way we as Christians might be judged by other Christians..."They have too much stuff,,,they can't be Godly!"
ReplyDeleteSo. I read the book. Loved it. Kinda hated it too, if you know what I mean. And it was soooo oh yes, this is how my life's gonna change. Yes! Totally implementing 7 right now! And that was 2 weeks ago. And it has slyly, steadily slipped right away out my mind... not hard to do when it's not easy anyways. So thanks for bringing me back with this post. I love the quote.... "What if I spent more time ... making this house a place ... where we love and are loved well..." (obviously not a verbatim quote but you know what I mean.) Because in our house? Well let's just say that that doesn't happen to be our focus like it ought to be. And yes. My middle little was tickling me as I wrote last sentence and I got annoyed and it showed. Lord help me love. And love well. And may this not disappear from my heart and mind as quickly as it did before... Simple, really, isn't it? A hug. A warm smile. A reassuring hand on the shoulder. A quick love note written for a lunch. A meal prepared - simple - with a song on the lips and a willingness to be the one getting up to get the last thing forgotten. And patience for the ones who aren't lovable sometimes, because, really. He loved us first. While we were really unloveable. And even when we still are. And I'll hop off my soapbox now and try to get busy loving = ) Methinks it's time for coffee, Katie - call me = ). LOVE you!
ReplyDeleteLet me just say I have long been a HUGE fan of Jen Hatmaker! She speaks it like we think it but are too chicken to say.......or do. And she makes me laugh:) I totally agree with her saying....yes I love it....but I want YOU to love it too and think I am a great decorator with great taste. Sad truth. Lets focus on the people not the stuff! I'm learning slowly........but I'm learning.
ReplyDeleteHi Katie,
ReplyDeleteI am just seeing this (not reading blogs much these days) and watched it twice. I have been meaning to write to you (and also to write about it on my blog) about my experience reading 7. You were so right that it would mess me up. And I loved that it did. I read it just before Christmas which was the perfect timing as I was already in that frame of mind to make our celebration more about Jesus and less about stuff. The day after Christmas I went on a massive clean out to get rid of everything excess. What a joke that was. I told myself I would get rid of 70 things for 7 days. It was so easy which was really convicting but the most convicting thing was, that after getting rid of well over 500 items (I kept going and going) it was not all that obvious. It didn't feel all that sacrificial. It was actually more of a gift to me to have empty shelves and cupboards and to be closer to owning just what I use and need ... oh, that "need" word... I need not much of what is still here. It opened my eyes to the gross excess. It is a process. It felt good to give some really nice items to a charity that loves women who choose to keep their babies ... And then I started reading Shane Claiborne's book "The irresistible Revolution" and oh, ouch ... that book is really messing me up. Like I said, it is a process. Thanks for sharing 7 with me and also this video. xo Sherri