Have a LOVELY day

I am trying to go through everything I own and get rid of all the stuff I don’t need. In fact my goal this year is to get rid all my excess. I have been giving/recycling/throwing things away for weeks now. Today I went through most of my kitchen cupboards and packed away all the things we don’t use to go to this wonderful store Cochrane Home treasures. They take donations of your house wares and they also sell off house wares for charity. I have found many a thing there for 50cents.
I am getting rid of excess weight, not as easy of a process but were on the road. I am learning to say no to excess responsibilities, which makes life more relaxing and I am learning to ask for help when I am overwhelmed. I am in an altogether better place these days because of all of this.
I am also discovering I have another excess but I don’t think I am ready to let that go yet. Kyle bought me a set of transfer ware Wedgewood dishes for Valentines day and even better he got them at the home treasures for cheap. JP(brother, 22, resides in basement) and his employee Mac (19, JPs best friend) are on my roof tearing off the shingles and preparing to put new ones on. They are doing it for Kathy Morales our landlord for just the cost of materials. Even though they are doing it to show her love I feel it too. Madi greets me with a cheery “Heeeyyyyy” every morning and though she is not a huggy cuddly baby I know she loves to be near me. Just now Jazz (4, niece) came into my room and said “Neen do you know that I love you?” I said “ I do know that, go back to bed its nap time.”
There are so many ways to show love and so many ways to receive it. But the way that sticks out in my mind the most is how God showed us love so many years ago.
John 3:16-17
16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.