Less is definitely more!
Keep your yearnings below your earnings.
Seen on a sign
Interesting message, huh?
The economy has finally caught up with us. For quite a while, we have been a gluttonous society, only not limiting our gluttony to food. Live in a beautiful home, but it’s gotten a little bit dated? Don’t paint, just sell it and move! Your car isn’t the latest model? Heck, buy a new one!
We want more… more of everything. We want the newest, latest, brightest. It’s not good enough any more to keep up with the Jones’, now we have to outdo them.
As a result, many of us are swimming in debt. But economic times are dictating some changes in the way we live our lives, and I’m thinking that it is a good thing.
I recently read a study where families that live in smaller houses tend to be happier. They actually (gasp) spent time in the same room, rather than spreading out between basements, media rooms and bonus rooms. Dinner together? Not when you are running between ballet, soccer, football, and whatever else is on the schedule.
The trouble isn’t wanting more. The trouble is what we want. We yearn to be successful, but our definition of success is skewed by the world’s view, not God’s. We don’t need more money, more things.
We need more GOD!
I believe God wants us to be happy. But until we learn that happiness is not in the size of the house or car, or in the clothes that we wear, we will keep searching in vain for fulfillment.
It’s not sexy, it won’t turn the heads of your friends like a shiny new toy. But it will bring you a happiness beyond words. It will bring contentment, and probably relief
Kind of a good trade-off, huh?
May 26th, 2010 at 9:51 am
less is definitely more