But I Need It!

Appetite is a good thing. Without it, you die. But appetite can also be a bad thing because with it sometimes we eat too much and get heavy and slow and have heart attacks.

An appetite for things is also not wrong. There is nothing wrong with a stroll through a Walmart store looking for things we need for our lives. But appetite can get out of control, even in a Walmart store.

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Can God help me with some relief?

I once attended a presentation called “All Stressed Up and Nowhere to Blow!”  I was attracted by the title because it described the way I felt at the time.  Perhaps you know the feeling.

An online search of the word “stress” lists 344 million hits.  Maybe that indicates that you and I are not the only ones who feel stress in our lives.  Occasionally, we each would have to say, “I’m all stressed up!”

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Contentment – How do I live in a material world?

Bang!  The window shattered.  My wife was driving our minivan when, for no apparent reason, a back window exploded.  It had no visible flaws, but the harsh desert sun had obviously taken its toll and fatigued the glass.  In an instant, the window, which had seemed to be durable and lasting, revealed its true state – its perishing nature.

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