Travelling Lightly - Part 1

Travelling Lightly - Part 1 - by P.K.Odendaal.

A variation on the theme is the crux of creativity, so, after writing a blog on Minimalism, I am back to spiritual things and wonder how heavy is our load on this pilgrimage we are on. What luggage have we brought along, and who carries those we can't. Why can we be minimalists in the spirit.

Maybe I should not even try and figure out, because the load we carry for someone else is not heavy - remember the song - He aint heavy, his my brother.

But it is really the load we carry ourselves for ourselves that is soooo... heavy.

Back to scripture :

Mat 23:4  For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

What are these loads. Lets look at our houses, which are temples of God, and see what we have which we do not need to carry. Maybe we should start at our  store-room where we have heaped up the bitterness and accusations against our fellow men, but on second thoughts - that would be too painful. We will rather carry it than discard it with pain. So leave that for a moment.

What are we carrying that would be of help to us when we enter that Celestial City? Do we fit the decription of the dog in 'The Prophet' where he talks about giving ?

And tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the over-prudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the Pilgrims to the Holy City?

I can think of quite a few things that one can carry that would be useless to us when we enter that City. These things are :

1.     Earthly possessions, wealth and vast amounts of money.

2.     Bitterness and accusations.
3.     Sins we think are too painful to confess.
4.     Emotional pain and other baggage we are too afraid to address here on earth.
5.     Wordliness and fashions and that which is fashionable.
6      Hatred and racial hatred.
7.     Hardness of heart. The seed of the Holy Spirit will not grow on the stoney places of our heart.

There are many others, and maybe you can help me with some which I wish to address in this blog series.