June 12 A Just Right Life

June 12, 2010
Proverbs 29 - 30

Prov 30:7-8 O God, I beg two favors from you; let me have them before I die. 8 First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.

MOM’S perplexed at the dinner table. Larry, the little one, picks at his food. Mom knows he’ll be hungry later, and she’ll have to help him find a snack. Tom, her oldest, eats too much. He’s overweight. Mom wonders how she’ll get him to eat less. He’s always after more. And Millie, in the middle, eats what she needs, no more, no less. Mom has no concerns about Millie.

This is life, isn’t it? Too little for some, too much for others, just right for many. The Wisdom Writer offers to us a great prayer to live “just right”. Some people think it’s fine to pick at life—never having the right job or right relationships, they are poor. They rely on others to help them and are a burden on family, friends and society.

And being rich is fine, but sometimes it makes us “fat”. We consume too much and focus our efforts on getting more, losing time for joy in our lives.

Others live a satisfied life. They do what they must to earn a good living. They have time for friends and family. They appreciate all they have.

This is a healthy prayer for all of us. Pray it often and trust God to bless you with a “just right” life.