Fried...

Shawn and I have spent the entire day packing the house. It has proven to be a very stressful process. Not only are we packing the house to move to Hawaii, but we have to pack other things to go to family in TN as well as things we need for the next few weeks while here in OH. My brain is FRIED!! One thing is for certain, I have way too many clothes! It's easy to justify the containers of children's clothing that is stored away for the next little one to wear. And after being pregnant 5 times in the last 10 years, I have a multiple wardrobes containing different sizes (pre-pregnancy, maternity, post-pregnancy, "maybe one-day's"...) you get the idea!  The Lord has been dealing with my heart when it comes to possessions, and my willingness to give them away with strings attached. I kept worrying about whether I had kept enough back for us to have what we need there. I couldn't help but hear the Holy Spirit speak to my heart a few verses the kids and I memorized at the beginning of the school year. 
     Matthew 6:24-26 
      “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
    ²⁵ “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?"

     I trust that the Lord loves me enough to provide for our needs. And He desires for me to hold loosely to the material things He does provide.