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<\/p>\nNow that I’ve written a manifesto (of sorts) on the differences between wants<\/i> and needs<\/i>, I must tell you that I have been blessed not only with all that I need–but with many of those unnecessary but desired material things.<\/p>\n
Just now, in fact, I drove up to my house (after a long day of going-to-Grand-Island-and-working\/driving-into-Lincoln-for-a-dentist-appointment\/”borrowing”-my-parents-wireless-internet-for-some-extra-work\/driving-back-to-Columbus) to find the following stacked next to my garage door.<\/p>\n
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This week, I’m thankful for…<\/b><\/p>\n
…a new computer<\/b>
\nI don’t really need<\/i> a computer at all, much less a new one. But here in boxes on my doorstep are a new case, motherboard, processor, and memory cards. With my less-than-a-year-old hard drive and CD\/DVD burner, I’ll have a new computer for a not so shabby price.<\/p>\n
…a new printer<\/b>
\nEspecially now that I’m no longer a student, a printer is definitely not on my needs<\/i> list. Yet I found a great deal on a new laser printer and had money in my bank account to cover it.<\/p>\n
…a new camera<\/b>
\nWhether I like to believe it or not, a camera truly is a luxury. Yes, I’d told myself that I wasn’t going to buy another camera until I could buy a DSLR. I determined to just keep on fixing my oft-used-and-abused Kodak EasyShare. I spoke of time running out, of the EasyShare going to bite the dust any day. But the truth is, the EasyShare still hasn’t bit the dust–and even if it had, I could have done without. I don’t need<\/i> a camera. Nevertheless, the box that came for me today contained the much-longed-for, long-saved-for DSLR.<\/p>\n
That’s what came in my boxes.<\/strong><\/p>\n But I’ve been blessed materially beyond the boxes.<\/p>\n I’m also thankful for…<\/b><\/p>\n …Kane<\/b> my Citizen II (bicycle) …my lovely sewing machine<\/b> …plenty of material<\/b> Not only have I been blessed with everything I need, and with all the spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus–I’ve also been blessed with an abundance of my material desires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now that I’ve written a manifesto (of sorts) on the differences between wants and needs, I must tell you that I have been blessed not only with all that I need–but with many of those unnecessary but desired material things. Just now, in fact, I drove up to my house (after a long day of … Read more Thankful Thursday:Material Desires<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Thankful](\"images\/buttons\/thankfulthursday.jpg\" "\\"Thankful")
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\nI could just walk or drive my car everywhere I go. But I am blessed with an awesome bicycle complete with fenders and panniers (so I can carry all my junk along with me and not get dirty!)<\/p>\n
\nI could sew by hand or not sew at all. But my sewing machine enables me to rapidly put together a baby quilt for my soon-to-arrive little nephew or niece and to get to know some wonderful young ladies who I’m teaching to sew.<\/p>\n
\nIt’s been two weeks since I got all that uber-cheap fabric, so it’s now out of its bags, washed, and ready to be used. I’ve got yards and yards of material, obtained at a very low price.<\/p>\n