Post-Christmas Blues

Well the "holiday" season is over. Time to loose ten pounds and put away all of the many gifts that were received. Abundance!!
It is hard for me to live in this country. I am thankful for the freedom that I have been born into, however I am sadened by many things that come with that freedom. A friend shared a teaching with me from Rob Bell. Rob reiterated many of the things I already knew and shared some scary facts that I had never heard. How do you find balance in America! Is it okay to have "much" as long as you give "much"? Some would say it is, but I struggle with that. Couldn't you then give more? But then some would ask "what is enough?" I do not know how to answer that. Is it okay to own a $200,000 home if you could afford a $350,000 home? I do not know how to answer that. Living here, among all of this wealth all of this "stuff" I believe makes us loose site of what is a "need" and what is a "want". I pray that the Lord continues to teach me and show me what He desires of me in this area... "your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Rob pointed out he is a citizen of the Kingdom of God first and foremost. If that citizenship calls him to speak out against what is being done by the country he is a citizen of then he must. I agree wholeheartedly with this comment and I thank him for saying it.