As a kid, I lived in a small town where a siren not only announced twelve o'clock noon each day, it also signified a fire somewhere. And how I longed to follow the fire truck and get in on all the excitement. Ditto for a car wreck when an ambulance came whizzing by, lights and siren buzzing! I was too young to grasp the implication of loss, whether life or property. My family often teased me during my growing-up years about wanting to go to fires, wrecks and garage sales--none of which my parents would let me do!
Eventually I outgrew my desire to chase the fire trucks and ambulances; but when I was old enough to be on my own, I'd hunt down every garage sale in sight -- also thrift stores. Those are still two of my greatest delights; but alas! My inability to walk much has stifled that desire, too. No, to be perfectly honest, the desire hasn't been stifled in the least -- I just can't fulfill that insatiable desire!
Now I live in a motor court where we're not permitted to have garage sales any old time we wish. A weekend each Spring (and maybe another in the Fall) is designated for garage sales for the entire community. This year it's April 30th and May 1st. After mentally debating the pros and cons for a couple weeks, I finally decided today I'd go ahead with the chore this year, especially when some friends from church offered to help. The Lord knows we have plenty of "junk" to get rid of--but oh, the work of getting it all together and priced! The sale itself is a different story -- that I enjoy! It's so good to get rid of that junk.
I think the idea of garage sales must be predicated on that cliche that "One person's junk is another person's treasure." I know I have scads of nearly brand new cookbooks that surely someone will want. I just don't do fancy cooking any more. Never mind the other treasures I could mention -- the list is too long!
Then the thought hit me a few moments ago: Why wouldn't "Spiritual Garage Sales" make an interesting Baby Buggy devotional! I was all "gungho" to get to my computer and belt out such a devotional when it hit me -- what kind of spiritual trash could possibly be someone else's spiritual treasure? I giggled to myself at that idea!
I admit we all probably need to get rid of some spiritual trash in our lives, though -- you can decide for yourself what trash you're living with that you should part with. But sell it to someone else? Hello-o-o-o-o!
So much for a good devotional! Let's just settle (me included) for getting rid of some spiritual junk in our lives! Don't try to peddle it off to someone else!
Preacher's Kid
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