Merriam-Websters Learner's Dictionary
Clay is about to graduate.
With this milestone is also the blessing of a great job and more lenient spending. The list of things we have been waiting to buy and need grows daily.
I really need a new TV.
I really need an updated wardrobe.
I really need a new car.
I can make a good argument for all the things I want. But then I read this post today and feel so convicted. I feel like it was written just for me.
Has God not met our every need these past three years?
How many times did the money for the bills just appear.
How many times were we asked to dinner when the refrigerator was empty.
How many times did our families and friends shower us with generosity.
Has he not provided an abundance of gifts beyond what we dare ask...
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| Gifted Texas Tech football tickets more times than we could count |
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| An amazing wedding celebration in Mexico that happened to fall on my birthday! |
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| A family ranch where we could always invite friends for events and stay for free |
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| A free trip to Washington, D.C. with all my brothers and sisters |
Surprise!
The most generous of baby showers!
healthy boy
Clay's flexible schedule to enjoy snow days!
the best group of friends I could ask for... not all pictured ;)
simple bliss.
The Message
22-24 He continued this subject with his disciples. “Don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or if the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your inner life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the ravens, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, carefree in the care of God. And you count far more.
25-28 “Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can’t even do that, why fuss at all? Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don’t fuss with their appearance—but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them. If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?
29-32 “What I’m trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Don’t be afraid of missing out. You’re my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself.
33-34 “Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can’t go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bankrobbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.
I have been running around like crazy trying to tie up all my loose ends with work and coordinate every detail of our move. I have not even stopped to be grateful for everything we have.
Even writing that now is so painful
I missed the beginning of the challenge April 1. But I think I am going to join in late. 90 days of not buying anything for myself. You can go to the above post at Her Southern Charm if you are interested. I just had to write this to hold myself accountable.
