THIS CLOSET

Everyday I wake up and get my clothes from THIS CLOSET. There is one thing I want more than anything else in the world… a walk-in closet. I have “closet envy” when I go to someone’s house and see their big, walk-in closet. When I first got married and moved to this house, this was my husband’s closet and my clothes were in a bigger closet in a spare bedroom. But then we started having kids and the spare bedroom became my daughter’s room and that closet became her closet. So my husband moved his clothes and I got THIS CLOSET.

The truth is… I still had clothes and shoes in my daughter’s closet 

But last year I moved all my stuff to my room. I donated bags and bags of clothes, shoes, and coats to the Salvation Army. I only kept the things I wore on a regular basis. Only the things that would fit in THIS CLOSET. Although I was able to let go of all the clothes and shoes I no longer wear, I still wake up everyday and say to myself, “It sure would be nice if I had a BIGGER CLOSET”. I think about all the new suits I can buy. All the new purses I can carry. All the new shoes I can wear.

I’m NOT satisfied with THIS CLOSET

I want something BIGGER

I want something BETTER

The truth is…there are a lot of CLOSETS in my life. A lot of things that I want more of. Things that I want to be BIGGER and BETTER.  A better career. A better car. A better house. A bigger driveway. A bigger paycheck. Better skin.      

However, I know this mindset doesn’t serve me well. So, as I step into 2017, I don’t want to accumulate more things. I don’t want to fill my CLOSET with more stuff. I don’t want to focus on BIGGER and BETTER. I want to be satisfied with who I am and what I have.

I want to be CONTENT

In his letter to the church of Phillipi, Paul says, “Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need” (Philippians 4:11-12 New American Standard Bible). 

Lord, thank you for all of the things I DO have. I don’t have everything I want, but I do have everything I need. Help me to be satisfied with my life the way it currently is. Help me to be CONTENT