Strip Down

I see now - maybe briefly or just from a more emotionally charged place - the great value of being low key in possessions. I'm not gonna lie. I like quality stuff.
You'd probably agree.

But it's time to pare down. More than I have. And maybe in some sacrificial ways.
More than in just belongings. Somehow to lessen the load in physical ways but in spiritual ways too. Is it possible to strip down to the bare bones of faith? To know solidly what one is standing on & go from there? Meanwhile - I wrestle against the fears of not starting anew. Instead I must be here. Present to what is going on & not swayed by the future or brought to frustration by the 'daunting' task of becoming all my expectations would hope to be.

Lots of good coming. Not sure where, or who, or even when exactly.
But I'm looking for it.

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. i do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that i am following Your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please You. And I hope I have that desire in all I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore i will trust you always though I may seem to be lost & in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and You will never leave me to face my perils alone.