A New Car

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.  3 John 1:2

The lease to my old car was close to expiring, so my husband and I went  to our car Dealership and traded it in for a new car.

A very nice car.

Wednesday night, we drove our new vehicle to church, and when we entered the building, friends would say, "I like your car!"  I would smile and say, 'Thank you, our lease was up on our old car so it was time to trade it in....God is good."

But as more and more people commented on the car, my heart began to sink and I felt sick inside.  Yes, it's a new car, but, it's JUST a car!

After church, men followed my husband out to the parking lot to look at the car.  While they checked it out, I continued to give my husband 'the death-ray-stare' that would let him know that I was not at all happy about what was going on and that I just wanted to go home.

When we got in the car I told him that I wanted to walk to church on Sunday.

Our Heavenly Father wants His children to have nice things.  It's ok to have nice things, after all, God is the One providing these good gifts to His children, (James 1:17) but when the focus is on the gift, and not the Giver, then our hearts forget to be grateful to the Father.

I do not want God's Gifts to outshine the Father of Light....

    But that's just me!

"What is wrong with Christians today is that we have the gifts of God but have forgotten the God of gifts."  A.W. Tozer