An eye opener for me this morning...

So, if you know me, you know that I worry too much (I'm working on this!) and get stressed out more than I should...  Finances, scheduling, the future- these things all cross my mind a LOT!  I've been praying a lot about these & other things that are on my mind, and I think that God opened my eyes today!  A house up the road has had signs posted for an Estate Sale for about a week.  It started this morning, and there have been cars lined up & people waiting outside since I went to the gym this morning. (My class begins at 5:30am- the sale didn't open until 8am!)  Anyhoo, after I ran some errands and drove by, there were people in the yard and on the street waiting (around 7:30ish)  Pat got home, and we rode our bikes up there to check it out.  The second that I walked in, I just had a sad feeling.  I don't know what the story is with the home owners, but their entire life was for sale.  Everything in the house had been sorted & priced.  You could tell that they had traveled a lot, loved art, and that he had been in the military.  There was just so much stuff!  It just hit me that all of the stuff that I worry about doesn't really matter...  I could make more money doing something else so that I could have more 'stuff', but that would take away from my family.  As I said before, I don't know what the story was with this family.  But it made me sad that all of their valued possessions were being sold to (rude & greedy!) people that they had never even met!  And for me, I know that all of this 'stuff' won't matter in the long-run!  We're only here on earth for a short while!

So I'm not saying that having lots of things is bad- what I am saying is that family is more important!  Prioritize- pray about it, and make the right choices!  Be there for your kids as they grow & mature!