The Sacred Cow of Decluttering

Hello, tender friends!

We all have a sacred cow when it comes to decluttering. I have found mine. And I have found the Bible’s antidote!

I never thought that God would use this Bible verse to help me clean out my closet. But God is merciful and so full of surprises! I can say with certainty now that decluttering your home is a form of healing.

Let’s revisit middle school for a moment. Like most young women, I loved clothes. I don’t think there’s anything particularly sinful about that.

But I always struggled to find clothes that fit me properly because I was tall and very thin. And I was terrified that someone would make fun of me the way I once heard someone make fun of a girls who wore “mom jeans.”

I only heard it once, but once was enough. I bought as many trendy clothes as I could because I wanted to escape ridicule.

And even though I shopped and shopped, I fretted about the fit, afraid someone would notice all my clothes were too short for me. (This was before the days of the “long fit,” which I don’t remember being a thing until I was in college. Of course, by that age, my body had filled out and I fit into European-sized clothes at cheap stores like H&M ).

Girls often asked me where I got my clothes because they wanted the same things. And I was constantly wiping sweat off my brow (metaphorically), thinking to myself, Everything is okay. I fit in. How did I pull this off?

But a hole persisted in my heart. There are wounds so deep that even endless pairs of Jimmy Choos, (had I ever owned them,) can’t fix.

When I went through why I had held on to some items, God showed me that he wanted to heal the middle school girl who was afraid of not having the right clothes to fit in. He brought that verse above to mind and led me to pray, Lord, clothe me.

I donated over 12 bags of clothing before we moved to Virginia, and I’m still getting rid of old work clothes that I can’t imagine I’ll ever wear again. This is the latest carload for donation and it’s almost entirely clothing.

As I keep praying Lord, clothe me, God has shown me some wild things as my donation bags continue to fill up.

Okay, I try not to make these posts too long, so I will continue this post and what the Lord revealed to me about microplastics in clothing on Monday. Then I will release a friend’s book announcement on next Thursday!

Thank you for sharing!

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