![]() ![]() Those verses also state that the man wondered what to do with all of his excess because he didn’t have enough storage. Will my family have the burden of sorting through all of my stuff wondering what I would want them to keep and who I’d want them to give certain items to? Would they even know the value of the more expensive items? Would they be able to spend the time sorting through it all? If I want to leave a legacy, if I want to decide where the money and possessions I’ve worked for go after I die, then why benefit from the joy of putting it there now? Why leave it up to the people who come across it after I die? Then I thought about the man who hoards stuff in his barn in case he needs it “someday,” only to die the next day. My energy can go to something greater than where I should put this important item I don’t want to lose, which I end up losing anyway. The time and money I’m saving is allowing me to reach out to those who have even less than me. People might question me about it, but I can remember that items I donate are helping others. And similarly, I’m not rich.īut now that I’m actually excited about decluttering my life, these verses encourage me that it isn’t wrong to live with less. ![]() Was I supposed to sell all my stuff? First of all, no one would even want to buy half of my stuff. The rich man Jesus tells to sell everything came to mind first. Upon further thought, I realized that even if I it doesn’t say that word specifically, it must talk about the basic principles. Having taken three semesters of Koine Greek in college, my first thought was, “What would be the Greek word for clutter? I don’t think that’s in the Bible.” With all the studying I’ve done related to clutter and to the Bible separately, I was surprised that I never considered studying what the Bible has to say about clutter until someone else asked me about it.
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