I need this!

Whew! My head is spinning this morning. Actually, it happens often in the morning while working my mind games and catching up on all y’all are doing via FB! What am I talking about? The marketing messages. I’m told I need this kind of makeup for my aging skin and oh yeah there is a miracle body cream for that too! Then there is just the right suitcase to pack it all in to go on my exotic vacation. Oops, don’t forget all the “support” garments I now need. Oh and for my exotic trip I need all new clothes, AirTags, and another matching suitcase to carry it all. The messages I start to hear are: I am not enough, my life is not enough so I “need” all these “things” to make me feel better about my looks, my life, and even my marriage.

Oh it’s often a subtle messing but it’s there. Yes, on occasion I have bought what I was being sold and yes I regretted it. Not so much because the product was bad but because it ultimately didn’t bring the satisfaction I really needed.

Truth be told, if I’m not finding my satisfaction in Jesus, then nothing else will do it. I’ll come up empty everytime. If I’m not rooted and grounded in His love on a daily basis, I’m gullible, vulnerable, and easy prey. Looking for love, value, and acceptance in all the wrong places.

It’s the season to think it’s all about stuff and that stuff is going to make life better. I don’t know about y’all, but I don’t need more stuff. What I do need is more of the hope, peace, joy, and love and that comes with having a relationship with Jesus. A free gift available to us all.

More times with my Jesus. That’s the cure all to what ails us all. Thoughts?