They want...I need

One Sunday morning as Brady & I were walking (quickly) to church - we passed a group of local residents standing in front of a CLOSED phone store. There, peering into window, they stood -  looking at the items and discussing in Cantonese the phones that they wanted.

This image really made me wonder.  There are many things in this world to want...to wish for.  A new phone, a big house, a new wardrobe, a higher paying job, an education...the list is endless.  Yet - do we desire the most precious thing the Creator of our universe has given to us - free of charge?

Do we stand at the foot of the cross in the same way these Hong Kong neighbors stood before this store window?  These "throne of phones"?  I found myself answering that question with a more convicting question. Do I ever find myself before Jesus with a humbled heart - and in the same way these people stood before the desirable phones -  say - "I want...him." 

No, generally not.  Perhaps on an emotionally trying day I've cried to Jesus about my woes - pleading my case.  But to stand (or kneel) and desire him with all of me?  Not lately.  That's when I find myself mourning not only for myself - but for the gentle people here - who may not even know the same King as I do.  Oh, were they to know him.  Oh, were I more like him to share him.

One of my dearest friends gave me her Bible before we moved across 'the pond.'  This copy is so precious to me - not only because it's God's Word - but because she had magazine clippings  & devotionals taped to pages, as well as notes that she penned & scriptures that were special to her underlined.  I found a scripture that she marked...that's perfect.

I WILL PRAISE YOU, O LORD, WITH MY WHOLE HEART;
I WILL TELL OF ALL YOUR MARVELOUS WORKS.
I WILL BE GLAD & REJOICE IN YOU;
I WILL SING PRAISE TO YOUR NAME, O MOST HIGH.
~Psalm 9:1-2


Here is a song with wonderful lyrics.
I think it's a perfect ending to this post...
Magnificent Obsession