We are less than 2 months from full-time RV life! This time has been crazy and in the best way possible! We are officially done renovating our beautiful Towanda! And WOW is she gorgeous! If you have instagram, we have an account @our.rv.journey and have been documenting the journey of renovations.
God continues to teach me lessons throughout this journey of downsizing. Its amazing how emotionally attached we grow to somethings over time. Most of the stuff that I have that is sentimental comes from grandparents and family members that have passed away. Items that have been passed down over time, through wills, or given even before they passed on. I held on to a few things but I also know that most of what I hold near and dear is the memories and most importantly it is really the love and lessons they taught me.
My kids on the other hand have been like oh throw it away, give it away, donate it, sell it, I don't want it, I don't need it to EVERYTHING! Ok maybe not everything but to a lot of things and definitely to items that I expected them not to be so forthcoming with. But the kiddos have taught me so much in the past few weeks!
I believe that even though it may have been unintentional we, the Kusters, have fallen into the worldly habit of allowing things to fill us up. Don't get me wrong things are nice. And working towards them is fine! I totally get coming from a background that didn't have it all and therefore wanting it all and needing to be able to give my kids it all. I get that!
But when all the world is saying get all you can God is saying give all you can. Our culture says fill yourself and God says fill others. God didn't create us to be takers, He created us to be givers. Instead of being consumed with my wants I need to be thinking of others needs. God has called me to serve others not to be pushing and shoving to get to the front of the line.
Everyone has heard the phrase "retail therapy." Oh it is definitely a thing. I have used this therapy many times and it does help in the moment. I have escaped to Target more than once to decompress and "feel better." I have filled myself, my house, my kids' rooms, and their lives with stuff. I am just as guilty as the next person! But does it last? I have usually felt the need to rearrange my home, change the decor, update things, change it again, and keep shopping, keep adding more things and keep filling up our lives 😔
When you are moving into a RV that has I don't know maybe 400 square feet there is no more filling up LOL I mean really! You start to very quickly realize what is essential and what you have just mindlessly filled your life up with. Do not get me wrong, my RV is still beautiful and updated and clean and modern. But it does not have excess and that is FREEING!
Earlier I said God created us to be givers and I feel that! Every donation we have made, every family we have blessed, every time I have seen that gratefulness in someone's eyes it beats out retail therapy any day.
I am not saying go sell or give away everything you have LOL This is our story, this is what our experience has been and what God has spoken to us. You have to walk in your relationship with Him and you have to do what He tells you too. I am simply saying that next time you have the need to fill yourself up with stuff try doing something for someone else and you will be magnificently surprised at how God fills you with exactly what you need!
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