No, I'm not bragging. I'm just making an observation. Often times when I'm at someone else's home or I'm out shopping I see a lot of things I would love to have...if only we could afford it! But even if I had the money to buy every little thing I wanted, where would it end? I can't imagine there being an end to the things money could buy. And we've had a lot of fun lately buying things we saved up for. My new ring, a beautiful dining room table, a kayak and camping gear, new clothing and more!
When I think about it, about everything God has blessed us with, including the food before me...I feel rich! Massively blessed! So what if our car, yes the one car that Peter & I share, is 18 years old. It's never broken down or had to be repaired once and we don't even take very good care of it, ha! There are people, countless people, on the planet right now who are struggling--REALLY STRUGGLING--just to get through today and to see that their children do the same. I just can't even fathom that kind of poverty. We are so richly blessed and I don't take it for granted for even a second (or at least I try not to!).
Right now we're in a place we've been in more than once in our 12 years of marriage. It has become so familiar by now! We are living by faith and trusting God to meet our needs. I am working VERY part-time for a business we sold to my father-in-law at the beginning of the year. Peter is also working part-time for both the business he helped our friend Paul start in Kona (which we also own a fraction of) and also for his father's business. His father's business. We are about our Father's business. So much time can be wasted just trying to figure out how to make ends meet. But if we are about our Father's business, what do we have to worry about? If we're about His business, He's about taking care of us! And He always, always, always, ALWAYS has...and in the most miraculous ways, too.
We're debt-free, we're blessed, we're rich, we don't owe anyone anything other than an encounter with God. That is our Father's business and that is the bank we are investing in. Might I add it is also the only bank that is eternal!
Anyway, just sitting here having a midnight snack (literally, it's midnight) and pondering these things. Good night!
About Me
- Jen Johnston
- I'm blessed to be Peter's wife and mother of our 4 amazing children.
2 comments:
We are rich indeed!
Absolutely LOVED this post, so true in so many ways. It's not what you have in life that makes you rich, but what you do with what you are given. I've been realizing lately that some of my "richest" times in life have been those when we've had very meager means...it's all in your perspective.
Post a Comment