Attachment...Possessions...

Have you heard people say or even you feel..."This item has sentimental value, i cannot lose it" or when we lose something thats so precious, we brood over it for days and sometimes to the extent of hurting someone we love? like getting into a quarrel, because we're so "into" finding something or feeling the loss of something we like or are attached so fondly to... and even relationships...we want to hold on to them cos it means/meant so much to us...well, i used to be and sometimes still am....but better...now, sometimes when i lose things or have to throw away items of sentimental value...im ok with it...its all in the heart i guess...

ive learned to realise that when i started to get to know God.. or well, at least I experienced God indirectly...I know for sure, that when i knew God more and that He is REAL, most of my hurt and pain from my first relationship was taken away..it was about 1 year since...and "aha" i could let it go..completely...for some weird reason, it just made sense... i was happier...and i felt good..its funny how it was so easy...i guess He touched my life and made me learn...that attachment is something that we need to know when to let go and still be strong cos He WILL Give us the Strength to move on the pain and loss...most of my worries and paranoia left me...even some fears..and it has lightened my load...ive also come to learn that attachments somehow surface our insecurities we have...and we actually don't realise it during that time of frustration, paranoia, thoughts, anger, sadness when we've lost something...but its only after sometime when we gain experience and realise that these attachments are just "things"...they are possessions that make us feel secure...but why do they have that effect? i guess its the experience that we went thru "with" it...that made an impact so we treasure it...

well... the point im getting to is that...we can feel attached to objects and physical items...but we must also learn not to be too attached to them.... we have to go thru "detachment" from our earthly possessions and just be "bare"...its good to be able to detach ourselves from earthly possessions...
it is really very hard...i do find it hard too at times....haha.. esp items that i really have ALOT or feelings for...shoes...haha..people, loved ones...anyways, ive learned to not buy them...somehow, "something" tells me..not to buy them..clothes, shoes etc...cos it'll be a possession more to what i already have...and thats not good...hahaha...
"Live as Simply as you can..."...this was a message that was sent from God...like to live as simply as we can now..the less we have.. the less attachment we have... the easier it is for us to give it up..and I believe that our belief in God Is the main "pull" factor to be able to overcome this attachment...because when He comes...the second coming of Christ, we have to leave everything behind...i guess even money...these are possessions that we "cant" live without on this earth as we speak...like computers...i can live without one..but becos my job requires one, i cant live without it...sometimes handphone (this i can live without...i really can..its a matter of convenience only) and the list goes on etc...but will you be able to "give it up"....ALL of your personal possessions for God? even money? like would you be able to donate all your savings to a charity organization or just leave it behind? He made you...you came into this world with nothing...we leave with nothing.. heard this before? probably many a times... well...When you meet God one day and He gives you the choice...what will it be?

if you ask me...i do know mine...its sometimes difficult to give up everything for someone, let alone God, someone we 'cant' "see" (seeing is believing, its hard to believe cos we don't see..so we dont trust as much...familiar feeling? I do trust and believe in God...) well.. its a choice... free will...no matter race, religion, etc...we're all the same...we still ultimately will be with GOD...just one universal God..so i believe we all go to heaven when we choose to and are able to give up everything for Him.....Free Will, one of the greatest Gift that God gave us...comes with many values and responsibilities too...Will you be ready to make that choice? What will be yours when He comes? (';')

God Bless....