What I want...
To be rich (oh come on like you don't). To have the resources to get whatever I want, whenever I want and never have to have a second thought about it.
What I need...
Enough.
What I want...
To be wildly successful in my chosen vocation and make a name for myself that lives on long after I've checked out.
What I need...
To do my best wherever I find myself.
What I want...
For my children to be wildly successful in their own right. For them to have the resources to have whatever they want, whenever they want and to never give a second thought to it. For them to never experience pain, regret or sadness.
What I need...
To love my kids with every fiber of my being and let God take care of the rest.
What I want...
To be loved and respected by everyone in the world.
What I need...
To remember that my worth cannot be shaped or altered by a single human being on this planet. To remember that my value was set before I breathed my first breath by one far greater.
I heard a great prayer from the book of Proverbs a couple of weeks ago in church.
Proverbs 30:7-9 (New International Version)
7 "Two things I ask of you, O LORD;
do not refuse me before I die:
8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, 'Who is the LORD ?'
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.
Good stuff. Simple stuff. Words to live by.
Amen.
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