Greetings Dear Reader,
During the ten years I taught information technology classes
I would counsel my students about the dangers of the ever-expanding hardware offerings. One of the practical things I offered was to
refrain from looking at computer prices for six months after purchasing a new
computer. You will always find something
better and less expensive if you do look.
Too often we would be discussing an advance in hard drives
or video cards and a student would proclaim, “I need that $500 video card.” This would always trigger a discussion of
want versus need. There are times when
one needs to legitimately update one’s video card. Wanting better colour and resolution does not
constitute a need.
This is just one example of the ways in which we turn wants
into needs in our own minds. Having
spent a year unemployed and needing to watch every penny, I have been reminded
how simple my needs truly are. A major
step in negating needs is to realize that most things we think are needs are
merely wants. I convince myself that I
need something because I want it so badly.
This has resulted in me possessing too many things. If I am going to learn what I truly need to
continue the journey well I need to diminish the material things in my
life. I need to clearly define the line between
want and need when it comes to things.
There is a time for us to indulge our wants. Even under the law there is a command to use
some of what we earn to purchase “whatever our heart desires.” The important thing is to understand where that
line is. If I am honest then I will know
it. If there are things I want I can
save toward them. More important is that
I learn to mitigate my wants and attend to my genuine needs. That will lighten the load so that I can
follow Christ more closely.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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Contacts for Aramis
Thorn:
Bookings at aramisthorn@aramisthorn.com
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