The Essential Question
"And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." —Philippians 4:19 I have been thinking about budgets lately. I have defined financial goals, and an solid budget. But a few things aren't meshing between the two. I've been praying about it quite a bit, and God has given me direction, as he so often does, in the form of a question, "What is essential?" The answers to that question have been springing out all week. My Dr. Pepper/Starbucks habits are not essential. The extra snacks I pick up at the grocery store...not essential. That piece of computer hardware I’ve been eyeing... nope, not essential. Like wheat from chaff, my needs and wants are being tossed about and shaken to see which are left standing. But I was sadly mistaken if I thought that God’s question to me would be limited to answering only the question I asked. No, that question has burrowed ever deeper in my soul, moving on to other budgets. What i