What to Take With Me

I'm trying to decide what I can leave out of my suitcase, which weighs approximately 47 pounds.  Yes, I weighed it.

I know, on international flights, you're allowed 50 pounds.  "Allowed" doesn't mean I want to lug 47 pounds around for several hours over 11 days.  And what about the room I'm going to need to bring some gifts home?  Hmmmm?

So, I'm praying over a final sort-out.  Maybe I won't need all of it. How many of those shirts can I leave out?

All of which makes me wonder about why I need (read "want") so much stuff in my life anyway.  Jesus said, "Watch out for every form of greed.  Life does not consist of what you have, even if you have a lot." (my translation of Luke 12:15). And Paul talked about contentment with much or little.

By contrast, what do I talk about?  What do you talk about?

Защото се научих да съм доволен в каквото състояние и да се намеря. Зная и в оскъдност да живея, зная и в изобилие да живея; във всяко нещо и във всички обстоятелства съм научил тайната и да съм сит, и да съм гладен, и да съм в изобилие, и да съм в оскъдност. - Philippians 4:11b-12 in Bulgarian

"I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need." Philippians 4:11b-12 in English