Digging a little deeper

I got up in the attic recently. I was moving stuff up there to create more room for stuff down here. Stuff. Stuff. Stuff. That I don't need. That I'm not using. That I forget I have because I don't visit the attic all that much. Do you know what Jesus has to stay about stuff??

"Watch out! Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses." Luke 12:15

I read the paper on Sundays. I especially like looking at the property transfers. It's a pretty nosy habit of mine- I glance through to see what people pay for their homes. Don't tell me you aren't curious, too. Recently I noticed an acquaintance's name who just purchased a new home. I was flabbergasted by the cost. I got tense as my heart swelled with jealousy. My mind raced, trying to cover my heart's sin. How can they afford that?! To think that I had put us on the same "status" level... Well, I sure hope they can pay that mortgage every month. They're probably in boat loads of debt. And so forth. How quickly I put up my defense.

And then I heard a whisper..."one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses..." I was caught red handed. God has provided for me immeasurably. I don't NEED anything more. It's the WANT that I need to work on.

"Create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a right spirit within me."