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A few weeks ago we had an event at church that was sponsored by the group "Something to Eat."  Their name comes from the phrase in Mt. 25 "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat."

I wrote about this event in a blog post on Saturday, September 26th.  Here is the post if you want to read it.

http://canyouhearthebirdssing.blogspot.com/search?q=40,000

We will be having another one of these food packing events pretty soon. 

I am writing today about a quote that I heard that day in one of their videos.  A young man was considering his life and his standard of living in comparison to those who have so little.  He said, "I have come to believe that having more than you need is just as bad as having less than you need."

This is quite a thought to ponder.  When you don't have enough, you are hungry and thirsty and lonely and sick.   When you don't have enough, you simple want food.  When you have too much, you start to feel entitled.  You easily fall into a life of enjoyment.  We can forget our responsibility to help others.  When we have too much we can insulate ourselves from so many things that really matter in this life.  We get upset over the smallest things.  We want everything.  We can never get enough.... and we have so much.

I have come to believe that having more than you need is just as bad as having less than you need.

It is a beautiful day in God's world, and we have more than we need.  How can we use our abundance to bless others?

I was hungry and you fed me.... How can I use what God has given me to bless others?  How can you?  Jesus is going somewhere.  Am I going with him?  Am I allowing him to drag my brain out of it's current paradigm into one where I am on a mission in this life with him?