What Am I Desperate For?
I remember there was so much I wanted at a time in my life. I would seek a way to get it at any cost. Once I would get it, I would use it for a moment, and then soon thereafter it would be forgotten. All that work to attain something that once acquired, means absolutely nothing in my life and in the end, it is just a means to collect more dust. Oh yes we see the fancy cars, the big houses, the bright jewelry. I had a hunger for all of it.
Now, when I see these things, I ask will this fancy car not take me the same place as this simple car? Will I not sleep the same in this regular house? Is the light of Jesus not brighter than ALL the jewels, diamonds, gold and silver of this earth? Oh how the wants I once cared for are no more. Continue reading