So Much and Not Enough

I don't know how it happened, but I have come to the place that I have so much but still not enough.

My guess is that most Americans live in this place but we tend to skip over the first part and go right to the "not enough" part. Our tendency is to look around and see what others have and we don't or maybe we get sucked into the advertising all around us and it makes us realize that maybe, just maybe, we don't quite measure up.

And it doesn't have to be possessions and wealth and "stuff". It can be opportunities or friendships or talents...anything that can be seen in someone else that they have and you don't.

Call it jealousy, covetousness, greed;whatever it is, it can be ugly.

What if, for a moment, you stop and look at the "so much" that you have. If you tend to be cynical and pessimistic, it may take a greater effort. Look at what you do have and not what you don't. See where God has blessed you and be content with what He has given you.

It doesn't mean that we settle and give in to our lot in life. It does mean that we become grateful for the good. It does mean that we stop looking at those around us and envying what they have. It does mean that we choose to thank God for the blessings He has bestowed on us and not get caught up in what He seemingly has not done.

What do you have so much of? Write it down.

More to come on this tomorrow.

Peace.