I hate to move! I have been in the same home for 15 years. It has been a wonderful being able to stay put. In my adult life I have moved every 2 to 4 years up until we built 15 years ago. I always thought it was great to stay put until I started packing. I have been throwing stuff away for 2 days. I’m excited about relocating back to the land of cotton, to Murfreesboro, Tennessee. As I move I don’t want to take junk with me to the new house or in my spiritual life. I hate to move but I’ve realized that it’s important to de-clutter our lives and hearts of stuff we just don’t need. What do you need to get rid of in your ministry and your life, to go to a new level and place in ministry? It’s good to de-junk. It’s better to search your heart and make needed changes within!
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I too dislike packing. Try and have a happy Thanksgiving though.
Great Thanksgiving, Day two of cleaning out is complete, now to the big job the home office.
bj
My story seems to be similiar to yours moving every 2 to 4 years but I am really excited about settling down in Richmond,VA. where I have been for almost 3 years. I pray you have a smooth transition and really enjoy Murfreesboro after you get their. Oh yeah, good message about decluttering!!!
I feel your pain. I am helping move an entire floorcovering store to a new location on Monday. YaY me.
Jim,
I have moved 3 times in the last three years! I hate it with a passion, but I have thrown out so much stuff! Prior to the first move from the east coast, I had to clean out my parents’ house - a house that they lived in for over 30 years! After a while I just stopped looking at stuff and examining whether to keep it or not - I just tossed and tossed and tossed until the place looked decent!
And there’s good news, once you get rid of the clutter and get settled in to the new place, it will feel so much better!
Moving all of these times has cured me from being a pack rat (at church too)! And as for the spiritual implications, I wish it were as easy to toss the junk in my life as it is to toss out stuff from my apartment when moving… But each time I move I can’t help thinking about how important it is…
You’ll get through it…
Almost done, have now started saying goodbye to special friends. Change is never welcomed until it’s all over and you see the benefits of being willing to change.
thanks ya’ll!
bj
I just moved my children’s minsitry three miles to a new campus.
Wow.
I’ve just added twice-annual “clean up” days for the CM.