Learn to Travel Light

 

Imagine you’re going on a long trip. You are packing your things and deciding what to bring and what to leave behind. You want to keep your amount of luggage to a minimum; things are easier that way. So, you’re standing amongst a heap of clothes and other belongings choosing what’s important, what’s worth taking along. You decide to pack only the absolute necessities, nothing extra. Seems simple enough, right?

Now, take that image and apply it to your life. You have to decide what luggage (the luggage representing your past) to take along with you. It’s ridiculous to carry around unnecessary memories and struggles from our past. So, take time to sort through the luggage. Throw out the old suitcases, leave the worn bags. You don’t need them. Learn to travel light!

In order to root through our luggage we need to be aware of what we’re looking to get rid of. We need to inspect each piece of luggage. When we come across a torn, falling apart suitcase we have to decide whether to accept that it is useless or to continue lugging it around with us. When you decide to scrap the suitcase you have successfully lightened your load.

You have to deal with the past before you can live the present. And dealing with the past doesn’t mean seeing it and tip toeing around it. It means embracing it, accepting it, and then letting it go. Find the useless suitcases and pitch them.

Now, I know I’m still young but having just graduated high school I feel like this is a point in my life where I need to do some spring cleaning; it’s time to sort through my luggage. I’ve made mistakes I’ll willingly admit that. But, there is no need for me to carry the burden of those mistakes with me as I venture towards a new avenue of life. This summer I’ve seriously realized that I need to let some things go. 

With college quickly approaching I am greatly anticipating my new beginning. I’m so excited to go onto campus that first day and begin to completely reinvent myself. Not in a bad way of course. I refuse to desert my convictions or to compromise my morals. Rather, I am going to begin to bloom into the woman God intends for me to be. I’m more than excited to see the Lord’s plans for my life unfold right in front of me. It’s so interesting to imagine where I’ll be 10, 5, even 1 year from now.

I’m ready to surrender entirely my life and everything in it for the glory of God. I want to be free from the burden of my past and to walk in His light; letting that light shine through me so others can see it. I want to be who God wants me to be. And the only way to make that possible is to give it all to Him!

When you enter into a relationship with Christ you are blessed with the ability to travel light. He lightens our load tremendously. It’s rejuvenating!!!