Paul’s Blog: Not All About Rabbits

hmmm…This was the helpful message I got while trying to reinstall windows on my brothers computer today.
If the EULA is so important to installing the operating system, shouldnt they take better care of it? Even my brother’s COMPUTER loses things…cant find it? WELL WHERE IS IT??????????

Throwing out all the Junk

I used to collect a lot of things…I was into electronics so I have a lot of electronic and computer parts I have collected from stuff that was thrown out by other people.I used to think it was worthwhile because someday, I would use some of the stuff. And I have used some of it. I have learnt a lot from pulling stuff apart and putting it back together too.

I recently moved house for the second time in a year and I have found that all that junk really weighs me down and slows down the moving and packing and unpacking. Since I became a Christian I’ve realised that everything really is junk. Even the stuff that im choosing to keep is junk…its worthless. All im chucking out is the really junky stuff…which seems like more and more of what I have when I think that I wont be able to keep any of it when I go to heaven. The bible says (somewhere) that peoples lives are like a shadow. So if my life is a shadow, what are my possessions on earth? Nothing. The only valuable things here are gods word, and people, because people have eternal souls.

So then I was thinking just 5 minutes ago as I sorted through another box of bits and pieces, what if I need that? Well what if I do. I haven’t needed it in the past five years, and if I do need something in the future I trust Jesus to provide it for me. And I wont need it in heaven that’s for sure. And I’m going to spend a lot longer there (I hope) than here on Earth.

I might try to sell some of the stuff but the truth is it really is JUNK…it wont even sell (I have tried some things on ebay)

So all in all I’m happy to be getting rid of all this stuff. I was sad though, when we had our last meeting of a Christian group that I’m in at university, and we had the announcements of who would not be around for next year – moving on etc. It seemed like half the people in the place and most of the people I looked up to.

Then I thought hey this isn’t a permanent separation! Even if I don’t see these people again in my life, we will all be in heaven together worshipping god. And we mainly meet to worship god anyway!

So the conclusion…oh I have a conclusion wow! – Conclusion is that all my stuff that I really want to keep will be always around (god’s word and my friends and family) and the junk I’m chucking out I’m sure I wont miss now.

I do want my friends and family (and other people too) to go to heaven and spend their eternity there so I want to set a good example for everyone, as a Christian, and pray for people. That’s what I would rather spend my time on than collecting more junk after I chuck this lot out. And before you say it yes there is mental junk as well as physical junk. One thing at a time….

Paul