How Do You Survive?

What does it take for you to survive? I'm not talking about air, food or water. I'm talking about stuff. What "stuff" do you need to survive? Could you survive if you didn't have your house? Are you the type of person who could live in a box on the street? What about your car? Does it really matter to you what type of car you drive?

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There was a time when Shane and I were young and stupid (now we're just old and stupid). We lived in a 1976 12x50 trailer. Our rent was $100 a month. This trailer was a roof over our heads but I must say we could have done alot better for Kristina had we really wanted to. But $100 a month was all we could afford in rent. Why is that? Well, I'm glad you asked. We could only afford $100 a month rent because we both drove fairly new Camaros. Oh girl let me tell you...we lived in a dirt hole but we drove some nice cars. Our priorities were in our vehicles because that is what everyone saw. We didn't really invite people over because we wanted to make sure to drive our fancy cars to somebody else's house. See, we could keep up that image with our cars.

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I would like to say that we learned our lesson way back then but we didn't. I had a horrible accident a little over a year ago and instead of purchasing a used truck to replace our totaled one and getting a cheap vehicle payment I was more concerned with getting the newest, nicest thing I could find. And, I purchased a truck that I don't need, that cost way too much and that stares at me every single day and laughs at me. It does...I've heard it! Every day that I climb into that truck I am reminded of my mistake.

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But, back to my original question, what do you need to survive? What about make-up? Could you go to work without your face on? Are you the type to get your nails done each week? If so, what if you had to do them yourself? What does it take for YOU to get through each and every day?

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In Luke 4:4 Jesus tells us what it doesn't take to get through the day and then just for good measure he makes sure we understand what it SHOULD take. "...man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God." (KJV). That word "bread" can cover alot of things. You can take it literally to mean food or it can mean cars, houses, make-up, clothes, nails, shoes, purses, perfume, hard wood floors, a beautifully decorated living room, etc. Are we living by "bread" or by the word of God? I would like to sit here all on my pedestal that I made for myself and tell you that I live by the word of God every single day but, to be judgment day honest with you I don't. Material things mean alot to me. Some more than others. That house, that truck, those clothes...that "bread" isn't going to get me anywhere but, the word of God is going to take me everywhere! What are you surviving on today?