March 4
As children grow up and move away from home to establish families of their own, parents often ‘downsize’ their homes. They have a number of reasons for doing so. Primarily, they simply don’t need as much space. Why have four bedrooms when only one is used?
Why have rooms of furniture that the kids won’t ever want or keep possessions that only gather dust, and require work to care for? And don’t the things possessed act as chains that keep the retirees from a freer lifestyle of visiting grandchildren and touring sites of interest in far flung corners of the earth that beckon to them?
So the practical thing to do is to get rid of the excess. Give the kids the items they’ve indicated they’d like to have and call Good Will to pick up the things that will be useful to someone who needs them but can’t afford to buy them. Unencumbered with clutter, Grandmother and Grandfather can live the lifestyle they’ve always desired.
But, that final down-sizing isn’t the end of it. There will be one more move, and for the believer, it will not be to a one bedroom bungalow with limited space and minimal furniture. Jesus said, “In My Father’s house are many mansions and…I’m going there to prepare a place for you…” The believer’s eternal home will be the most lavish of all!
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