moving... stuff

I moved today.
well I move everyday, but today I mean I finished moving my "stuff" from one place to a new place... mainly by "stuff" I mean bed.
You know what is interesting to me? that when we ask somone "where do you live?" what we really mean is "where is your bed?" You could spend every day at work and every evning... well wherever but still what the question really refers to is "where is your bed?" and "where do you get sent bills"
Pastor Ken talked about "stuff" this weekend. as he begain to describe how it is we act toward these material possesions in our lives it gave the service a good chuckle. "basically a house is a place to keep stuff. we get more stuff we need a bigger house to cover it all. we go on vacation and we pack some stuff to take with us so we feel more at home. we have storage units to hold our stuff." maybe you had to be there but it was pretty funny to listen to, especially because very soon here I will once again be the owner of a rented storage unit. sigh. too much stuff.
One thing I like about moving is that it forces you to look at things that you have had hidden in drawers and ignored for a long time and get rid of them... at least I hope it does. you realize that dragging those dried flowers you got for freshmen homecoming (from a boy you didin't even like mind you) really is kinda silly. (yeah I threw those away yesterday). you also realize that there are things you have that simply make no sence, a rock for example. I found one in my room. why? I don't know. a nice shiny rock? no no. just a normal hand sized evryday outside garden rock. Sometimes when you move you can bless other people by giving them things you don't need anymore. I gave the rock to my old roomate sarah... to use as a paperweight. It was a practicle gift.
Anyway I find that just like naturally God uses movings to get rid of "stuff" in our life that we don't need, he uses shifts in our lives to get rid of spiritual stuff we don't need.
Once again my friends, it's a new season!