cleaning
This Monday I finally cleaned and reorganized my room--joy of joys! I've finally resolved my college and Easley lives into one space, which is quite the accomplishment.
Rummaging through my things I found so many items I had long forgotten. Letters, crafts, books, even stories I had written so long ago (I think I just wrote stories so I could use the cool names I had randomly created or found for characters and places). And it was fun, looking through these things--some wonderful experiences I had forgotten completely about! And sad, thinking how ties once strong are now virtually broken. Resentment, grudges...general unpleasant memories. I remember finding things that, once so precious to me, I threw in the Goodwill pile. Simple things, that once cemented an unbreakable chain to my heart, now fall away from me with a frayed thread. How sad! I once would've said. But now...I see it as God's Grace fully enacted. And hopefully, I'll come home a year from now and have even more memories. And hopefully, fewer stuff.
Rummaging through my things I found so many items I had long forgotten. Letters, crafts, books, even stories I had written so long ago (I think I just wrote stories so I could use the cool names I had randomly created or found for characters and places). And it was fun, looking through these things--some wonderful experiences I had forgotten completely about! And sad, thinking how ties once strong are now virtually broken. Resentment, grudges...general unpleasant memories. I remember finding things that, once so precious to me, I threw in the Goodwill pile. Simple things, that once cemented an unbreakable chain to my heart, now fall away from me with a frayed thread. How sad! I once would've said. But now...I see it as God's Grace fully enacted. And hopefully, I'll come home a year from now and have even more memories. And hopefully, fewer stuff.
Labels: cycles, life, the spirit works
posted by Elizabeth at 19:26
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2 Comments:
I know exactly what you are talking about...I have experienced that going through my old room and looking over all the things I have saved, and now either keep or throw away.
Not a bad nostalgic post. =) It is a blessing to see God's grace at work both in our memories of things, and in allowing us to let go. And, yea and amen to bringing (and leaving) less stuff...
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