Nov 25 Thankfulness Photo - Money/Provision

I am thankful for the provision the Lord makes for my life and for my family. It doesn't always come in the form of money. I am thankful for the uplifting of friends and sometimes even for the contentment of not having. I've seen a list for people who crave certain foods that lists what you are craving and then a corresponding list that tells you what you should eat instead. In my spiritual life I crave money or things, and want more possessions and really the corresponding lists says all I need is God!

Ecc. 5:10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income, this also is vanity.

Matt 6:24 No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You can not serve God and money.

This year as Christmas shopping begins and the holidays start to go wild, I am pulling back on how much I spend and how much I think about receiving things. It's just not really what it's all about and it shouldn't be all that important. I limited my gift giving and my gift budget and I already feel much more satisfied with the coming holidays. I've also already begun my holiday happenings with spending the weekend at my parents house with my cousins, and soon I'll be traveling to my in-laws for Thanksgiving, later we will be Christmas caroling and I'll also be doing a Christmas Boutique craft show. Plenty of fun and fairly cheap things to do, that don't have to do with Me, Me, Me or Money, Money, Money.

Enjoy the holidays and celebrate in a way that glorifies God.
Sarah

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