Traveling Light

[Heavyduty053]

 

 

 

               There is a picture of me in an old scrapbook that mom has kept all these years, well quiet a few now. It was taken by my mom and she was so proud. I decided to take summer classes for College in the beginning to get try to get ahead. I and three of my friends decided we would move in together into an apartment to save money. In the photograph I was carrying two suitcases loaded with everything I was going to need to get me through 6 weeks of classes. It is the last time I can remember ever traveling that light.

               Since then my possessions have grown. Most of them like my furniture and appliances are useful and practical because they make life a little easier. Many of them were also gifts given to me with love that bring me joy just to look at and hold them while I think back. Still there are times when I feel weighed down by all of them. I know if a ever move again I will need two trucks rather than two suitcases.

               One thought, however, brings me comfort. It is the knowledge that when I make my final journey from this world I won't be taking any of those things with me. The only things I will be taking with me will be what I have packed in the suitcase of my soul. I will be carrying every kind thing I ever did for anyone, every loving thought I ever shared and every bit of laughter over things that God would be pleased with. I will be carrying the joy, all the goodness I gave to others and all the love and hugs I gave to people who where feeling down. But these things will not be weighing me down, they will be lifting me up. I will be traveling lighter than ever before on the wings of God's glorious love for me.

               At some point in this life you should think about getting ready for your own final trip out of this life and into the next. Make those treasures now while you are traveling through. Make sure that worldly possessions takes second place in your heart. Always be on guard that no one or no thing takes the place of the love you have for your savior. For one day you will be unpacking your suitcase in Heaven while the Angels stand around you. May they be smiling for what they see.

[moose 57]

Very nice Heavy!