I have had my heart set on a new tablet and for months now, day in day out, I spent time online checking them out.  I wanted just the right one for me and at the best price of course! So I set out to find it, checking site after site and tablet after tablet.

At last, I found the one I wanted but the cost was too much.  I figured that it would be better on Black Friday or Cyber Monday.  I kept checking all last week and on Cyber Monday, yesterday, finally, there it was, fifty dollars less than all the other sale prices!

I looked at it again and again but just couldn’t click on the order tab.  I discussed it with my husband and my daughter but I still did not have a peace about getting it.  I continued to pray about it but no peace came, only more questions.

Could that money be put to better use?  The missionary speaker was talking on Sunday about those in other countries who have so little and some have never heard the Gospel.

Could I give more Lottie Moon Offering so more missionaries could go and share God’s love?

What are my priorities this Christmas season – – getting or giving?

Is it a need or a want? Well that answer came pretty quick since I already have a Nook AND older tablet!

Why was I being so greedy; wanting more and better when what I had was enough?

The hard part in all this is not that I will not get the beautiful new tablet with all the bells and whistles, but that it took me so long to see the greed in my own life and the lack of priorities — the desire for more and better when what I have is more than enough.

There’s that word again, ENOUGH!  What does it mean?  I think it means God has blessed me by meeting all my needs and many of my desires. I need to learn to be content with what I have and be thankful for all I have been given.

Hebrews 13:5  Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

God is enough!