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OUR DAILY BREAD                      Monday, November 21, 1994
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READ:  1 Timothy 6:6-10

               "YOU'VE STILL GOT ME!"

     "Having food and clothing, with these we
                 shall be content."

             - 1 Timothy 6:8


"What's the matter, Mom?"  asked the 3-year-old boy
earnestly.  Kimberly Fast had just received some
disappointing news.  She was discouraged, and her son
sensed it.  After a moment of hesitation, her little
boy said, "That's okay, Mom.  You've still got me."

Later she commented, "His confident assurance brought
tears as I thought about how fortunate I am.  I have
a healthy, loving family, caring and supportive friends,
a Christ-centered church, food, clothing, and a warm
house.  I am not just fortunate.  Compared with many,
I am prosperous!"

Why do we keep thinking about what we don't have rather
than what we have?  What causes us to let a canceled
trip or a lost sale affect us so deeply?  When a woman
and her husband missed the chance to buy a certain house,
I heard her complain, "It ruined my whole life!"  Is
anything on this earth really that important?  When we're
tempted to feel that way, we need to remember today's text.

Instead of letting life sour over missed acquisitions and
lost opportunities, let's examine our hearts and ask the
Lord to teach us thankfulness.  Then we can truly rejoice
in all that He has provided and be content.

    -- David C. Egner

 Come joy or grief, content I'll rest
   And feel myself supremely blest,
      Since naught in earth or heaven can part
          The Savior from the loving heart.

    -- Edersheim

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        THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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       Focus on what you have,
     not on what you don't have.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  2 Thessalonians 1-3;
                        Acts 18:12-19:10

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