Psalm 119:36

As I sat down this morning with a nice hot cup of cappuccino, to read my devotions, the bright and shiny ads catch my eye and tempt me to thumb through them (Scott always pulls them out of the Dispatch when he goes to work early, and he leaves them on the table for me – big mistake!)  🙂   It seems like this year there are more ads than ever screaming “Biggest sale of the season!”.   How appropriate that the scripture from my devotional today is Psalm 119:36 “Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness”.    With so many things and activities pulling for my attention this holiday season, my prayer is this, “Lord, don’t let my heart be set on my own selfish pursuit of comfort and happiness, but incline my heart toward loving You and loving others”.

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