Trash Day after Christmas
It's garbage day in my neighborhood... which means you have to roll the garbage can out by the curb. It's also trash day... when the guys come around to pickup the big stuff along with tree limbs and leaves. On my drive this morning it was quite fun to see nearly every house with a ton of trash out by the roads. A lot of the trash as you can imagine is leftover from Christmas... like an empy television box... and even a box for a trampouline someone received this year... Who knew you could box up a trampouline? I started to think about it though - the trash that is - and it reminded me of a principal that Larry Burkett used to teach: You can learn a lot about a person by going through their trashcan. Larry used that principal to shed light on what is important to someone financially: where is their money going? Look at the receipts, junk food, and other packaging. But, in a day where it seems like you don't even know your neighbor – it helped me learn a bit more about mine. The house with the trampouline surprised me 'cause I didn't even know there were kids there. I would have guessed an older couple; maybe it's for their grandkids. Either way, when trash day comes around your neighborhood this week, take a look at the boxes on the curb – you might be surprised at what they can pack into them these days!
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