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Closets and Stewardship


So I have a confession. I like clothes. I like to coordinate them. To mix and match. To add a creative touch here and a fun touch there. Don't get me wrong. I am no fashionista. While to an extent, I enjoy noticing the trends (those that are reasonable), I just basically enjoy putting things together. 

I like to pick up a fun bargain. Sometimes, it is thanks to Amazon or a "cute little shop or boutique" but often it is due to a second hand find.

Some of my clothes I have had for years. I like to "change them up", add a scarf or a different sweater to give them a new look.

My sweet grandma was known to be amazing at this. My mom (the youngest of 16 kids, 11 of which were daughters), shares how her mom could take a "hand me down" and rework it with her adept ability at the sewing machine, and create something beautiful that made her feel like it was brand new. It was touched by the hands of her dear mama's love!

I do not lay claim to that gift whatsoever, as much as I admire it.

No, my point here is actually, simply, that I tend to accumulate. Clothes. I have more then I need and I know it. My closet can testify to this.

And so, often as the seasons roll around, I take the opportunity to "clean out" and organize. The problem is, I do not clean out deep enough. I may hold on to a barely worn article of clothing thinking it may prove useful.... someday. 

Also, I am not blessed like some of my friends that look good in anything. Anything, mind you. They could don a tablecloth and still look great:)

And also because of that I am not a "light packer". I can not throw a few things into the suitcase and be good to go. I take a variety of options along. Because you just never know what I will feel good in on a given day:)

All that to say....the Lord has convicted me. I need to be a good steward of my closet.

I need to take inventory. And most importantly, I need to use what I have. Or else give it away.

And so it is with all of the gifts the Lord has given us. Let us take inventory of them. Are we using them? Are they just "hanging in the closet of our life", waiting for an opportune time and day to be used?

Are we willing to "try on" a ministry or an outreach. To prayerfully ask the Lord to coordinate the service wardrobe of our day?

 Take it to the Master Designer in prayer. Ask Him what gifts become you. What gifts He made "just for you". And then let's use them. Every day, as we open our Spiritual closet, let us ask the Lord to dress us for His purpose.

And then let's step out into the day, with a prayer on our heart, dressed and prepared to be used as He sees fit!


                                                





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