Most of us tend to clutter our lives with so much that is unnecessary. We have too many things. We have too many commitments. We have too many distractions. When I am able to clear away the competing concerns, the niggling disruptions, and the clanging alarms of my crowded life, I find that I am much better able to do the things I am called to do. I am in a much better state of mind.
I was reminded of these true truisms once again this morning when I ran across this quote from Thomas Chalmers in my reading journal: “The accumulation of mere stuff is often a dead weight that hampers our freedom to move, to go, to do what we have always know that we should.”
Dr. Grant,
ReplyDeleteWhat source is this quote from? Thanks
Ed: It's from a collection of his sermons, "Sermons from the Tron Church."
ReplyDeleteHow appropriate. I'm planning on going through my attic, closets, and storage this week to shed some of that 'mere stuff'.
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ReplyDeleteSorry for the deleted comment...what I was trying to say is...
ReplyDeletein today's culture, "the accumulation of debt" is fitting...
Dr. Grant -
ReplyDeleteI just read your post and wanted to share a column I wrote in my university newspaper about this very topic.
http://www.statepress.com/2010/04/12/not-drawing-the-line-leaves-us-no-margin-for-error/
God Bless!
catherine