In the vast majority of cases, what I ‘need’ is actually what I ‘want’ dressed in clever disguise.

Sometimes you can have everything you want but fail to achieve anything you need.

I rigorously lament all of the many things that I don’t have. But in this self-imposed and rather lively pity-party to which I’ve invited myself, what I forget are the resources I do have that equip me to obtain what I don’t.

What I need is not that which I find, for what I need is far bigger than my ability to find it. What I need is that which finds me. Hence, Christmas.

There’s a really good chance that I’ve confused what I ‘need’ with what I ‘want.’ And if that’s the case, I’m looking for both in the wrong place.

The search for what I need begins when it stops being about the search for what I need.

If I were to eliminate all of the things that I ‘want,’ I would be left with all of the things that I ‘need.’ And inevitably, such an action would leave me standing before God caught up in the stunning realization that in Him is everything that I ‘want’ and all that I ‘need.’ And how is it that I could not ‘need’ God and ‘want’ both?

If my prayers have devolved into being nothing more than reciting a list of things that I want, I might as well just go to the mall.

Although I am convinced otherwise, what I ‘want’ empties me of all that I could ever need, while what I ‘need’ fills me with all that I could ever want. It’s just that I tend to have that all backwards most of the time, so I am empty all of the time.