What is making YOU happy?

   This morning my son asked me a question out of the blue. "Mommy, why do some people care more about money than other people?" Red light. Stop. What?? Apparently this is bothering him this morning. So I explained to him there are many different answers. Some times people are scared about providing for their families, and it comes across as not caring about anyone else. Some times it's just a need to be the richest they can be, it makes them feel powerful and happy. We discussed the importance of worshiping Jesus and how He never runs out, not like money or candy or other things that can make us feel good.

  Then I heard that "other" voice. "What are you filling your life with? Am I enough?" Seriously?? Ouch. In open honesty, I fill my life with music, writing and being with people I love. Those things make me the happiest and though I believe God wants us to have enjoyment and He has blessed us with things to enjoy; if it came down to it, would He truly be enough? Is His grace and love sufficient in my life? I've sung about it enough times, I've read about it enough times it must be. The real answer is, I don't know. So apparently, here it comes... another time for growth! Praising Him through it. 

 What are YOU filling your life with? What/who is sustaining YOU? What will you do when/if it runs out? Be honest with yourself. 
Teach me your decrees, O Lord;
    I will keep them to the end.
Give me understanding and I will obey your instructions;
    I will put them into practice with all my heart.
 Make me walk along the path of your commands,
    for that is where my happiness is found.
Give me an eagerness for your laws
    rather than a love for money!
Turn my eyes from worthless things,
    and give me life through your word.
Reassure me of your promise,
    made to those who fear you.
Help me abandon my shameful ways;
    for your regulations are good.
I long to obey your commandments!
    Renew my life with your goodness.
-Psalm 119:33-40

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