Mark 10:21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
In Leonard Sweet’s book, Soul Salsa the author quotes another person who says people accumulate blessings, baggage and garbage. That struck me as a good way to describe an old truth. In my sermon yesterday I spoke of God’s blessings in our lives and of the fact that we are a priority to our Creator. We all have baggage, too. Baggage may be the hurts and resentments we carry internally or our preoccupation with things that draw us away from God. Garbage may be a variety of things we need to rid our life of. It could be habits or unhealthy relationships or like the man in the Gospel, too many possessions. This morning I tried to pour the last bit of coffee from the pot into my cup without overflowing it. Like that coffee cup (a big one for me) our life will hold only so much. If it is loaded up with baggage and garbage there is less room for blessings.
Creator God, we ask that you bless us today as we begin a new week. Help us to eliminate any baggage and garbage in our lives that keep us from receiving the blessings that you wish us to have. Amen.
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