Freedom!

Over the last few weeks I have been giving away, throwing away, selling and putting a very small amount in storage, much of what I have collected over the last 20+ years. Although it was fun at first going thru all of the "stuff", after a while I couldn't help but wonder what I was thinking when I decided to hang on to so many un-necessary things. (pictures, papers, letters, cards, phone books, gifts, the list is endless) God showed me that as people, we tend to do this a lot, without even realizing it or thinking of the consequences. God will free us from something, but we will hang on to just a "small piece" of what He has freed us from and after a while all of those small unnecessary pieces that we hang on to can add up to a large amount of stuff, bagagge, weights, bondages, burdens. It can then be difficult for us to shake ourselve free again. God's word says "who God sets free is free indeed" John 8:36 It also says "In [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us]; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery [which you have once put off]. Gal 5:1 I say all this to declare I am free. It has been so liberating preparing to go to Greece, getting rid of "stuff" and allowing God to prune me and my life. Getting rid of all the old dead "stuff", not just in me but also the stuff that I was hanging on to. So I declare Freedom!!! Over myself, my family, my Greece Team members and Greece! I am so excited to see all that God is going to do.