I have it all

We are so very blessed in so many ways. I tell our kids that they get to experience a lot of things that others don't get to. They have a lot of really cool things. We have been blessed to take some really nice vacations. We have never experienced hunger the way many others have. We have always been blessed with enough.

Even with all that they have been blessed with, though, they seem, sometimes, to want more. A better this or a better that. A faster this, a nicer that, the latest thing that "everyone else has". Part of that can be contributed to their ages, 8 & 9; part of it, though, is a good reminder for us all that we can all suffer from the fear of missing out (fomo).

When I start to get in the mully grubs because someone else has something that I feel that I "deserve", I have to remind myself that I have far more than I deserve and I live a life that countless others would love to live. I am blessed with the greatest wife any man has ever had, two (2) healthy, active, adorable, kids, good health, a job, a home, and when this is all over, I will spend eternity in Heaven!

Today's word is a good reminder for us all: Luke :15, NLT, reads, "...Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own."

Today's word reminds me that when my life on earth is over, all this earthly stuff will remain just that - earthly stuff. What will matter, first of all, is that I have accepted JESUS as LORD and SAVIOR. Then, what did I do with the life that GOD allowed me to live? Not, that it is bad to have stuff; it is bad to love stuff more than we love GOD. With GOD, there is no need to suffer from FOMO. For, with GOD, I have it all.

Be Blessed,

Mickey T