I
love clothes so much.
Last
weekend my family spent the afternoon strolling through shops in the nearby resort
town of Whitefish, Montana. Just for fun
–pretending we were tourists for the afternoon.
We
wandered into a little clothing store where I fingered through the racks and
came upon THE most amazing pair of shorts.
Matt had been encouraging me to buy a new pair for a while, and I fell
in love with these.
Until
I looked at the price tag. $174.00
What
can I say? I have great taste.
Sigh. These shorts would have looked incredible on
me, I tell you, but since they were half our month’s grocery budget I decided
to pass them by.
Every
single day for years I’ve opened up my closet to view a wardrobe that is far
less
than what I wish I had.
Discontentment gnaws as I look at my choices and think if
only…
1
John 2:15 says, “Do not love the world or anything in the world…” (Oh man did I love those $174 shorts.)
Fighting
to stop loving clothes, I started doing battle several years ago in front of my
closet in the morning. Lord, please help me. I started purposefully combating that soul-churning
feeling of discontentment by thinking of how much I have.
Yesterday
I opened up a drawer to choose some pants to wear, and I realized the first
feeling I had was one of thankfulness. Thank you so much, Lord, that I have a
choice of what to wear today. A
breakthrough!
It
still doesn’t hurt my feelings to get new clothes, but I’m so excited that
after years of mental battle my very first thought is coming out as
thankfulness now instead of longing for more.
What’s
your discontentment battle?
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