Where do you get your stuff? You know, all the things you need to live. Do you shop online? Do you go to the mall? Once a year or twice a week? Who decides what you buy? Do you choose? Really? Well, I know a little secret. Before you go to the store to choose your favorite "stuff," there are some extremely hard-working folks who sift through hundreds of thousands of items to present the best of the best for you to choose. It is a difficult decision for the buyers. They have to answer many questions like what sold well last year? What are the new trends? What do you want for heaven's sake??? Their job is to guess, and the best "guessers" make the most money! So no matter whether you are shopping for screwdrivers, tires, jewelry or chocolate, someone is "super-guessing" your choices.
That brings me to "market." An enormous event held in several large cities in the United States like Atlanta, Las Vegas and Dallas. It is international in scope and brings thousands of buyers from all over the world together to sift through the "stuff." I was privileged to attend the gift market with my cousin this week. She has a fantastic shop in Llano, Texas called "The Market: a Collection of Shops." Stop in there next time you go through Llano after you finish your Cooper's Barbecue dinner. You will not be disappointed. She has a lovely shop filled with thoughtful, beautiful, repurposed and practical gifts for yourself or others. I can't tell you how hard she and her partners work to bring you the best choices from the thousands upon thousands of choices.
I have been thinking about this all week. What choices do we have in how to live? Does someone sift through the choices for us? Do we have a buyer at the market of life helping eliminate the bad, poorly made or unsatisfactory selections? Do we have someone who has our best interests at heart? A someone who can assure us that the choices we make are all good if they come through His filter? You bet we do. Our heavenly Father cares so much about our choices in life that He gave His own Son's life so that we can live with Him in eternity. Wow! And His motives are not monetary. His motive is to spend eternity with us! Our joy for today is enhanced as we make our choices based on His wisdom and His care for us. Just imagine how blessed we are to choose the fellowship here on earth in wise choices filtered through the Eternal Buyer, Jesus Christ.
Everything we have is a gift from God. All good things are gifts from God (1 Timothy 6:17). Food and clothing (Matthew 6:25, 33), rain and fruitful harvests (Leviticus 26:4), faith (Ephesians 2:8), grace (James 4:6), wisdom (Proverbs 2:6, James 1:5), and life itself (Isaiah 42:5) are all gifts from God.
Pray:
Heavenly Father, help us to choose wisely as we pass through this life. Give us Your wisdom, guidance and protection in the path we choose to walk with You. Amen
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