Thursday, January 3, 2008

My cup and my portion....

Today marks the one year anniversary of my Grandfather's passing. I still miss him very much. Although I know he and my Uncle are in a much better place the selfish side of me wants them back. My Mother relayed the question my Grandmother voiced the other day, "Wonder what Paul is doing?" I know she misses him.

Feeling lately like I have just cluttered my life with so much stuff....hence the purging of the piles, it feels so good getting rid of "stuff"!! Very liberating! My devotional for today(one of them anyway) was incredibly on target, "Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup:you have made my lot secure." Psalm 16:5 The devotional talks about foolish decisions we have made out of discontent about life. This can happen when we don't like where we are or we don't like what we have and wanting something better. Clearly I am becoming more and more content with my life and willing to let go of all the "stuff" that I thought was what I needed to make me happy. Hindsight shows the happiness was very short lived...some of the "happiness" purchased still has tags on it or has never been out of the wrapper! The devotion goes on to say how we don't live in a content culture, very true and I have noted this throughout the years. Instead of changing my behavior with my discontentment, I continued on the same path of society. ( filling my life with stuff instead of what I really needed.) My contentment, I believe, comes from the deeper digging I have been doing in the scriptures. The closer I walk with the Lord, the more content I am with where I am. Yes, there are days when I slip... I am human! But the journey is getting clutter free and I can enjoy the view with the clutter disappearing!

Joy to you my friends and may you find your contentment in the Lord. Start purging your piles, whether they be physical or spiritual.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

HAPPY, HAPPY NEW YEAR

Here's wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year and many of Gods blessings .



Today we are embarking on something I have been slowly working on....the previous post talks about it...ORGANIZING!!!! Nathan and Daniel are sorting toys and purging the piles. Tiffany is doing the same with her things and I am tackling this "office/computer/weight/craft" room. I already have a pile to get rid of and some things to ebay. Feeling good about the whole process so far.


Here are some random shots of last night................ Hope everyone had fun and got some much needed rest for today. We are supposed to get another load of snow....14 inches is what Allen says the weather people are calling for.










My break from cleaning/organizing is over now. Back to work so tomorrow we can be organized enough to get back to work. :-)