what's in the tent?

2 Corinthians 5:1-6 (Holman Christian Standard Translation)

For we know that if our earthly house, a tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. And, in fact, we groan in this one, longing to put on our house from heaven, since, when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. Indeed, we who are in this tent groan, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality may be swallowed up by life. And the One who prepared us for this very thing is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. Therefore, though we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

I've been thinking a lot about these verses, and I've gotten a few things.  

1. our earthly house is a tent.  this isn't talking about the building we live in, but our body, and the things that go along with it, like our mind, and our mindsets.  to me, it also means our image that we portray to others.  

2. our heavenly house will be glorious.  so when our earthly house dies, we'll be waaay better off.  (side note: i've been in this place for the past few weeks where all i want to do is die and go be with Jesus. and i'm becoming okay with it to an extent, as long as i don't forget what's going on here)

3. this is the big one.  we keep trying to decorate our tents here on earth.  we're trying to settle in.  it's like we go on a camping trip and try to hang pictures and install electricity.  this is so pointless.  we should be so focused on learning, loving, and just being that we don't care about what people think of us, what image we are portraying to others.  we need to stop glorifying ourselves and start glorifying Jesus.  we've got to stop trying to get comfortable here.  that was never the point.

Ask Him what your tent looks like.  Then hold on while He clears it out.  

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."  Matthew 6:19-20