So I haven’t written in a long time…that is unacceptable. So, as I was driving home from work today, I was thinking about my life and where I stand right now. (This was actually while I was working too) Sometimes I wish things could be better. I wish I had the job that I desired. I wish I had more clothes. I wish I had a better computer. I wish I had a better car. I wish a lot of things…seeing as it is a time for us to remember what we do have a be thankful for it, I realized something…here’s what I do have: a wonderful fiancé, whom I’m excited to spend my life with!, a car, a job that is with an amazing church and with an awesome group of dudes who are a part of the same team (I do maintenance at the church…tough job but someone has to do it!), I have food to eat always, gas in my car, place to stay, and most importantly…JESUS! I live in a country where I am not persecuted for my faith (aside from occasional scoffers, but I’ll take that over threat of death anyday), and I can pursue Him whenever I want.
Something else I’ve realized this weekend…don’t take for granted what you are given. I want us all to sit down and think about what we do have and be content with it. 1 Timothy 6:6-10 says:
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.”
I want to remember that I must be content with food and clothing and try my best to stay away from the materialism I so hate. If I pursue God the way that many of us pursue “stuff”, then I know that God will continue to provide for me things that are needed to survive. Let us not pursue stuff, but pursue Jesus.
What are you thankful for??
