Spoiled

I feel like I might be getting a little bit more intolerant of things that don't matter, or are not necessary. In the past I put a lot of emphasis on things that meant nothing, held no water, and was of no significance to my spiritual walk with God. Sometimes I feel like American people are just whiny.

Spoiled.

Even the older generations have become accustomed to life as it is here and now. They could NEVER imagine themselves giving everything up to God and going out into the world. By the world I mean places like Africa, Europe, Asia, etc. Oh they may say "Oh yes me and my husband took a trip to Venice and it was beautiful there!" But they also might say, "But those people on the streets begging and asking for things in a different language, and by golly I couldn't understand a single word!" They only keep their money...their help...their Christianity in a tightly gripped fist.

You never hear them say "Oh me and my husband to a trip to a village in Bosnia, filled with people who are living life on a financial and physical tightrope just hoping to keep things together." Then following it up with, "Yes, we had conversations with them, we helped them with what we could, we call them friends now, we hope to go back and help more, maybe more long-term." Then ending with, "It was better than a vacation...it was for the Lord."

We whine about how our healthcare is and how the president isn't doing a great job and so on....well put it into perspective with other politic and financial uproars of the world, not counting the spiritual turmoil itself.

We. Are. Comfortable.

And we like it that way.

We have the blessings, yes, we are more like kings and queens when it comes to material things. Most of all we are princes and princesses of the king who reigns forever. This is what we should boast about, and this is what we should share.

All to God