Saturday... Here is something else we do a lot.

Saturday... Here is something else we do a lot. We shop and shop and shop. Searching for more and more.

Are you are shopper? Do you love to shop? I love to look but I alway hope there is a Starbucks close so I can rest while everyone else shops. But I do love to give. That gives me joy.

Now the writer of Proverbs shows where shopping can be a problem. Proverbs 4:6 (MSG) says, "Why is everyone hungry for more? 'More, more, they say." I've got to find that just right gift or I have to have it. I need it, I want it. It has to be the best gift I have ever given. I want more, more.

He goes on in verse 7, "I have God's more-than-enough, more joy in one ordinary day than they get in all their shopping sprees" And that is so true. God is so good to us. He wants to give us more joy than we can ever get in all the shopping that we do. And shopping makes me so tired. Searching for more and more is hard work.

He says, "At days end I'm ready for sound sleep, for you God, have put my life back together."

Now shopping is a part of this time of the year but stuff is not what will give us joy. Oh watching that person open the gift you gave them is motivation for looking and finding that gift but the joy comes from the love that goes along with the gift.

The New Living Bible says, "Many people say, 'Who will show us better times?' Let your face smile on us, Lord. You have given me greater joy... In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord will keep me safe."

He wants to give us greater joy. "Let your face smile on us, Lord. You have given me greater joy." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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