What will you leave behind?

Ok quick note... so the past two posts I have done are little power paragraphs as I call them. I have a book called "Letters to a Young Artist" and it is INCREDIBLE! This lady has written letters that talk about presence, confidence/determination, and you will soon be hearing about self-esteem and discipline... yeah I'm a little behind. It's not a christian book but I am pretty sure that the author is a christian so I've been using it as a devotional and reading what she has to say about each topic, condensing the letter into my "power paragraph" and then looking up verses in the bible that have to do with the certain topic. It's been a really great way to focus on each topic and see how she describes it and then seek out how the bible describes it. I definitely feel like I have been growing and learning alot and it's only been a few days!

However I have a little something for today. Earlier this morning/afternoon my mom and I went Estate Sale shopping. Yeah we got some pretty awesome things for super cheap... but I couldn't help but walk through the houses and think "why?" Why did these people have all of these things? What meanings did all of this stuff have? Did everything have meaning or did they just buy things all the time? I mean these houses were FILLED with stuff, literally just STUFF. There were definitely some cool finds and some exquisite pieces, but still it was just stuff. The people who once owned all of these treasures have passed away, hopefully gone on the meet Jesus, but they are gone and what's left? Stuff. It just really got me thinking and questioning. We want so much, but for what? Sure it is an excitement that we can enjoy on earth to purchase things, but everything is just left behind. The stuff that I was looking at never mattered, really, I doubt their memories were wrapped up in that stuff and I certainly don't want the memories that I make to be wrapped up in things... It just made me examine my life and what is really important to me. It's not the material items I possess but the relationships that I am blessed to have, and the purpose of my life that God has created and what little bits I can do while I'm here to make people's lives better... That is what I want to leave behind at my estate sale... I don't know, but it left me with such an odd feeling, but definitely a feeling to question and keep in mind because ultimately that feeling will lead to the decisions I make on how I spend my days...

until next time. :)