Needs Analysis

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.~ Philippians 4:19
Honestly, I have a love hate relationship with this scripture. I love what it promises, but I hate when God doesn’t mean in the way that I interpret it. His idea of provision and mine don’t always jive. His provision sometimes comes with a lower threshold than mind; I’m thinking steak dinner and he is like combo meal at Arby’s.

My husband likes to say I have champagne taste on a beer budget. Granted my beer maybe someone else's champagne, lol. I can go in any store and go to the most expensive thing on the rack every time. So often  I ask God why he made me this way in my current season of beer and he says, "because if I gave you champagne now there will be nothing to aspire to." It is the journey that makes you appreciate his blessings.

They say that wisdom is waste on the young, but I disagree. At least in the since that young people are like sponges even if they don't let you see it they soak up everything you say and do for later. I cannot tell you how many times my kids have quoted me at their convenience or held me hostage with my own words. Almost everything I do now is something I saw when I was younger being done  or something I saw and opted not to do.

As we grow and mature we learn to appreciate the simple things in life like high thread count sheets and a good pillow. The things we work for and not so much what we are given have much more value. I thinking I appreciate these things  more because I remember a time when I did not have them or when I did not know that there was a difference.

I get pleasure from blessing people and meeting the needs of others rather than personal gain, but this was not always my testimony. I longed to fill a god-size void with material things, leaving me unfulfilled and in debt. I looked for self acceptance and love by "treating myself, because I was worth it." But in hindsight I had a bunch of stuff that I can no longer wear and things sitting on a shelf that I no longer use.

So today know that fulfillment comes from within and relationship with God. So the next time before you go shopping ask yourself is this a need that I can fulfill or a temporary fix for something else. There is no sweeter treat than God's love and self acceptance. It will make my world the most beautiful place.
Best, Kay