Today was a great day spending time with family and friends! We went to an outdoor festival in a neighboring community and it was great. Several vendors who made everything from fudge, to stuffed and carved snowmen. I wanted so much of it! Every time I entered a new booth there was something else my heart desired. Something that I just had to have. But, I did not have enough funds to get all those treasures. I did not have enough funds to get any of those things. My mind wandered to winning the lottery and thinking, if I win, next year I will come with LOTS of money to buy everything I want. Now there are two problems here. Number one, I am not buying tickets for the lottery so it will be extremely difficult to win, and number two, how much of those "treasures" do I really need?
Have you ever noticed when you get a little money ahead and you go shopping to spend that money it is so much harder to find anything than when you have no money? At least that is the way it seems. Give me $50.00 to spend and I cant find anything to buy! It begs the question, why? Why are we not satisfied with what we have? What drives us to want and want and want? God has blessed my family with just about everything they could every want. We have a nice house, nice clothes, food to eat and are able to take a nice vacation every now and then. And yet, I want more. We cannot understand what it is like to go hungry, or not have a place to come in out of the cold and rain. I think that we fix our eyes on stuff, and prizes and things so much, that the really important stuff is just in the background, fuzzy and blurry.
The Beatles would have us believe that "All You Need Is Love", and in a sense that is true. I do not think they meant the love of the Father when they wrote that song, but that is all we truly do need. The love of the Father.
Father: Forgive my greed. Forgive my silly little girl wants and continue to bless me with what I need. Thank you for the gifts you have bestowed on my family and myself. Thank you for clothing me and feeding me. Thank you for taking care of all of my needs.
So true, so true. Tracy and I went to several yard sales today at homes valued at a minimum of $500,000 each(in the Seigel area in M'boro)....and they were selling name brand clothes for 25 cents each! To me, it was a grand day of sales....for them, they were probably relieved to relinquish a few items...but in reality, I had to think - were these items purchased originally with cash or credit? Just a thought....so thankful I don't have a house payment as exorbitant as these particular homeowners do! God has blessed us in so many ways! :)
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