Being a follower of Christ does not me we will automatically live a comfortable life where we always get everything we desire. In fact, sometimes it feels like the opposite. God demands a lot from us, because we are called to be set apart. He holds us to a higher standard. This includes how we manage our money.
The fruits of greed are not the kinds of fruit we want to be producing in our lives. So how do we fight against this terrible weed that clutches at our souls and keeps us from our full potential of living a God-honoring life?
There is nothing wrong with merely wanting something. It is only wrong to want something so badly that we would do anything to get it, be sick with unhappiness without it, or be so occupied with it that we push God out of our lives. This is what greed is. It is often entrapping.
My journey to parenthood is rather the opposite journey that Mary went on when she became a mother to Jesus.
