I'll admit that I haven't done particularly well with this week. All I've really accomplished is dropping off two out of my five closet bags at Goodwill. There wasn't much to it. I still have three other bags yet to give. I'm considering taking them, along with a few baby toys to the Middle Tyger Community Center because I know they serve a large community of young women with young babies. I only want to make sure this stuff is given away, with no strings attached, instead of being resold.
I can understand why Jen Hatmaker took a month to grasp this area. I enjoyed reading about her and her friends' endeavors to furnish refugees' apartments, feed the local homeless community, help establish a home for a working single-mom, and generally give away much of the extra clutter in their homes. It would be difficult to accomplish all that in a week. So, I suppose in that regard I have failed this week. However, I have become much more aware of what I do have. I've decided to hold on to my "stuff" more loosely. People, relationships, life - these are so much more important than "things."
My prayers this week are to let go of whatever I may be hoarding or holding too tightly, and to seek and find opportunities to help others.
-Heather
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