Bountiful Blessings
January 27,
2013
Good morning! I hope that this letter finds you well. J We had
a nice weekend. Summer went with one of her best friends on a surprise birthday
trip, and Jim and I went to Hattiesburg to see a dear family member. While Jim
and I were gone, I got a bad case of the “wants”. Poor Jim. He had to ride in
the car with me listening to “I want…”, “I want….”. Of course, lets be honest….
He probably tuned me out before we even got to Tuscaloosa. But he did manage to
get in his standard phrase. “Save up”. And he says it real drawn out and
obnoxious. Makes you wanna smack him. J Haha. But I am still alive so you know that I did not.
But what got into me I cannot say. I
just started thinking about things that I wanted. Oh, I knew that most of it
was a pipe dream but hey, a girl can dream. But some of the stuff, well, some
of the stuff didn’t seem so bad. I just have to figure out what I want the most
or what I need the most. Priorities. Hmph. That works so well for me. I am a “I
want it, I want it now” kind of gal. Jim fusses at me, like, all the time. Where was I? Oh yea. Priorities. Needs vs. Wants. Well, I know
that I have what I need. And I know that I have more than I should. I am
truly blessed. But I am also weak and selfish. I want. I want. I want. Sigh. I
want a hot tub. I want a swimming pool (hey! I said pipe dream). I want a house
for Summer (refer back to last statement) and a new camper for us. I want to
enter the Master’s program with Summer. I want Summer to get a job and I really
want a new job for me (maybe I shouldn’t have shared that one with everyone L).Told
ya. Bad case. Bad, bad case. So I waiver back and forth. One minute I make my
priority list and think about ways I can save. The next minute I am whining
because I do not want to wait. The next minute I feel guilty for wanting more
when God has given me so much.
So what is the point of all this
rambling? Well, chances are that I am not alone. Someone out there has either
had or is having “the wants”. Hopefully you will feel better knowing that there
are others out here who sympathize with you. We can be wrong, I mean, strong
together. Yea, that’s what I meant.
God is with me and God is with you.
We make mistakes. He forgives mistakes. Awesome how it all works, isn’t it?
Prayer for the
week:
Dear Lord,
I do not always understand myself and my motives. How can I want more
when I have been given so much? What kind of person does that make me? A weak
and selfish one. Lord, please forgive me. I need you, O Lord. I need your
guidance, your strength, your help. I need you to help me overcome…. Me. In Jesus’s name. Amen.
Thought for
the week:
Are these
things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be
dissatisfied with what I have now?” Chuck Palahniuk,
Lullaby
Bible Verse
for the week:
Do not lay up
for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where
thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and
steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21
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Have a great
week! (and I will do my best not to ask for everything….) J
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