A “through the bible” devotion from Leviticus 19.
Friday is big trash day in our neighborhood. That’s the day we can leave just about anything on the curb, and the garbage collectors will haul it away. That is, if no one else picks it up first. That’s also the day when pickup trucks drive down the streets salvaging appliances, tools, scrap metal, furniture, and old electronics. Anything that can be repaired or reused is quickly carried away. My trash does become someone’s treasure.
I leave less on the curb these days. I donate my unneeded and unused possessions to thrift stores that support local charities, or I sell them online. As I’ve decluttered my home, I’ve been shocked at how much I’ve accumulated. Most of it finds a better home somewhere.
Right in the middle of guidelines for sexual purity (Leviticus 18) and honesty and justice in the community (19:11-15) is a prompt to help “the needy an the stranger” (19:10). Leave something in your field an vineyard for the poor to gather or “glean.”
How much is enough? How much extra do you have? How many folks could you bless with your abundance? Ask yourself that question before you rent and fill up another storage unit.
Waite for it... 