Yard Sale of the Heart: It’s Time to Move

I put Yard Sale signs up until I ran out of thumbtacks and nails. Our house is off the beaten path so the signs were my greatest hope of driving Yard Sale traffic to our driveway. I wanted this stuff that I had so painstakingly washed, folded, assembled, and placed price tags on to GO! I didn’t want to load those things one more time into my car – even if it was to drive it Goodwill after the Yard Sale. I wanted happy faces offering me lots of money to take my junk…I mean, my treasures, back to their house.

That was quite a few years ago…

And I know that now after 15 years and 6 kids in this house, when it comes time for John and I to move one day, we are going to have one heck of a yard sale again. I hope you ALL come!

Seriously though, in order to move to the next place, it is often imperative that we unload a lot of the stuff we have hung on to for years. The interesting thing is that those items seemed so important when we put them in the attic, the basement or the storage unit. We felt that we couldn’t live without them. But when it comes time to move them from one place to the next, all of a sudden, it seems a lot easier to lose the stuff than to pack it up!

And that’s what is happening in my heart these days. The Lord has called for a Yard Sale of the heart. It’s time for me to unload some of the things that I have been holding on to that I wasn’t aware were still hanging around. I have expectations of myself that I need to let go and allow God to reshape in my future. I have disappointments and regrets that are gathering dust and cluttering up my heart. I have baggage from life’s messes that needs to get chucked in order to make room for new thoughts and bigger dreams. I have volumes of negative thoughts that I can throw in the trash. Who wants to lug those around? It’s time to throw out the old to make room for the new.

And just as in my life I couldn’t get rid of those items until I had somewhere new to move into, I couldn’t release these heart issues until I caught a glimpse of where God is moving me to. I don’t have the time or the space in my future for this old junk. My heart is getting lean and agile so that I can move quickly and adeptly the moment God says, Go!

God has great plans for me, and I am going to live them out to the fullest. I have to leave this stuff behind. It’s time for a Yard Sale of the heart. Out with the old and in with the new! What about you?

Do you see the good plans that God has for you? Do you see how your dusty issues from the past, your regrets, your shame, and your disappointments are cluttering up your heart? Would you like to join me in having a Yard Sale of the heart? Let’s dump this junk. You in?

By cecilylachapelle|2016-04-08T05:40:58-04:00April 5th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

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Cecily is a mother to one daughter and three sons and a step mother to two daughters. She is a native New Englander, who, while fairly-well traveled, has never lived anywhere outside of New England. She loves the beach, the mountains, good food, and football (she’s been a BIG Patriot’s fan before it was cool to be one!). She loves to cook and you will most likely find her scanning PaleoOMG.com or Pinterest for her next recipe challenge. She is an avid fitness freak, indulging in Spin, Kickboxing, and Insanity classes along with running and working out at home. But Cecily’s greatest passion is finding hidden treasures and bold Truth in God’s Word and teaching it in such a way that everyone can understand and remember what they heard. Nothing thrills her more than when someone comes up to her and says that they have been changed by something she taught (especially when they remember the message better than she does!). Cecily is a late bloomer in the blogosphere as she was very busy raising 6 children, volunteering in their schools, starting her career as an Executive Assistant, being the Worship and Arts director at her church and then recently taking the directorship of the Women’s Ministry. Life with 6 kids in a blended family posed more challenges than the Apollo 13 team had to face, and has given Cecily endless messages and potential blog posts! Cecily speaks at Women’s Conferences and at her church as a guest minister from time to time. Her husband John is a stalwart supporter of everything she does and is her greatest cheerleader. Now that the children are grown (they keep coming home, though!), Cecily has more time to write and speak about these wonderful life lessons regarding faith, blended family life, financial and marital challenges and the joys of watching God show off His faithfulness. Women identify with Cecily because she has survived divorce, single-motherhood, being in the trenches blending a family, loving an addict, the stresses of ministry and marketplace jobs, and the life change of children growing up and becoming adults. Cecily has not only survived but thrived as a result of every difficult and unforeseen circumstance. She loves to boast about God’s faithfulness and the importance that her day-to-day, intimate relationship with Jesus has made through it all. She shares keys and practical steps that encourage women (and men!) to pursue the Lord for themselves and not sell their ability to hear from God short. Cecily’s favorite topics to talk and write about are Hearing God’s voice, Journaling for life, and Myth-busting.

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