Coincidentally, we have begun paring down around our house. After writing the Consuming post a few weeks ago, it seemed like I was hearing God speak to me through radio news stories, and bits and pieces of conversations, that we needed to slim down out accumulation of stuff, and slim down our bills.
So we have been going through the house and getting rid of things. This has been mostly (almost exclusively) Jodi, I am working on getting better at this. And we are going to be canceling our cable and home phone. It feels liberating. We are breaking chains that bind us to this world.
So with Lent upon us, I am invigorated and ready to sacrifice the things that I hold onto that are keeping me from you Lord.
What things hold you back from a relationship with Jesus?
What keeps you from growing in your relationship with him?
What things bind you to this world?
What things could you not live without? Why?
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him -Proverbs 3:5-6