put it in the box

"4 You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit He caused to live in us envies intensely? 6 But He gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."
-James 4:4-8
I just read this amazing event from Soul Journey. There was a box placed outside a church in Queens, New York which contained knives, box cutters, gang colors, secular CDs, and other remnants of old lifestyles that attendees had turned in. Things that keep us away from God need to be thrown out, and we need "throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles" (Hebrews 12:1). There was a guy who threw in $110 pair of sneakers and walked home barefoot to have a closer relationship with God. Maybe God is telling me to turn off the TV after dinner and stop chatting with friends online. The phone, Internet and even my beloved books may keep God far from me. I am just too busy with what I want to do and neglect God. The biggest discovery from retreat bible study was the fact that I need to listen to what God wants to say to me as I read the bible, not what I can share with others. Because I need to first have an intimate relationship with God in order to share that Love with others. hmm.... what should I put into that imaginary box? Am I too greedy to let go the things that keep me away from God?