Baggage Claim

The nature of what you take away from an experience, circumstance, or personal exchange defines whether it is a lesson learned or emotional baggage. If you are unable to express or are not instinctively focused on how you benefited or grew from it… you probably haven’t (yet). That relegates the experience, circumstance, or personal exchange in question to being emotional baggage.

Judge convict / indict is very different from judge discern. Followers of Christ are called to be shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves. Discernment is a skill set that is elevated to spiritual gifting level of recognition as a given ability.

Wisdom is knowing and behaving. Wisdom can be handed directly from the Holy Spirit, or indirectly from the Holy Spirit through experience, circumstance or personal exchanges.

Does everything have a purpose ? Can everything have a purpose ascribed to it ? I believe Yes. Romans 8:28 tells us “…and we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.” Do we need to discern all purposes under the sun ? I believe No.

The title is baggage claim for good reason. I don’t enjoy claiming my baggage… and I’ve got enough of it. My baggage is just sitting on the carousel, going around & around… unclaimed… waiting for me to pick it up… and deal with it.