{"id":26447,"date":"2019-09-15T03:30:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T10:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/?p=26447"},"modified":"2019-09-11T12:20:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T19:20:02","slug":"september-15-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2019\/09\/15\/september-15-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"September 15, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:center top;--awb-background-repeat:repeat-y;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:url(&quot;http:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Sept-2019-Devo-Template.jpg&quot;);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:40px;--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:40px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cC<\/em><em>ommand those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.\u201d <\/em>1 Timothy 6:17<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Real Riches<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We didn\u2019t have extra money when I was growing up. My dad worked and my mom stayed home to raise the kids, as was the norm in the 1950\u2019s. We lived in a small house among dozens of neighboring houses just like ours. Kids played everywhere\u2014in front yards, on sidewalks, down at the schoolyard. My mom, like all the other moms, stretched the dollars by trading skills with others; the abundance of one met the needs of others. Somehow, we all made it.<\/p>\n<p>My mom knew something we all need to know\u2014riches and money aren\u2019t the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>God gives us richly ALL THINGS to enjoy. This statement begs the question: what exactly did He give us to enjoy? Looking beyond the obvious answer (His Son and all that He brings), think of all the \u201cdailies\u201d\u2014the things that fill our days that we don\u2019t even think about as a gift. He gives us variety in generous portions\u2014something for everyone, every taste, every personality, every geographic and cultural locale, every nation.<\/p>\n<p>He gives sights to enjoy: colors, smiles, grandeur, simplicity, seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He gives tastes to enjoy: sweets, sours, savories, and salties.<\/p>\n<p>He gives smells to enjoy: flowers, foods, rain, mown grass.<\/p>\n<p>He gives sounds to enjoy: music, voices, waters, babies\u2019 laughter.<\/p>\n<p>He gives touch to enjoy: hugs, softness, lips, fingertips.<\/p>\n<p>All this, and so much more:<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts, dreams, memories, yearnings.<\/p>\n<p>Insights, wisdom, creativity, wonder.<\/p>\n<p>Experience, age, satisfaction, overflow, joy.<\/p>\n<p>Shadows and shade, dawn and twilight.<\/p>\n<p>Gifts, talents, abilities, capacities.<\/p>\n<p>Growth, comfort, usefulness, purpose.<\/p>\n<p>All these gifts, plus the gifts of the Holy Spirit, plus our adoption, redemption, salvation, inheritance, healing, presence, tender love, kindness, and eternity. All this, plus so much else\u2014all given by God for us to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>How we cheapen riches by thinking it is money and material goods!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cFather, forgive us for cheapening Your gifts. Open our hearts to fully appreciate all You have given, and may we enjoy Your generosity with a thankful heart. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-women"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p92wjD-6Sz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26448,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26447\/revisions\/26448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}