Absolutely, Kelsey, you and your family are in my prayers..
You know, that ease of learning g you have is a gift; use it wisely, don't squander it
lol OK mommy speech over...As far as cars and stores, etc.... I think that's a "Western" view, that is, American. If I took you on a trip to say..Morocco, we would see people that live in tents, possibly even caves, herding flocks of goats and eating the same thing day in and out. No McDonald's, no malls, no cars, no tv. There are followers of Christ there, too. Just because we have the LUXURY of cars and lots of clothes does not mean that we need them. Clothes are required in most areas, yea lol, but not masses of them. Our only requirements to survive a life in flesh is sustenance to sustain our earthly vessel, water, and air to breathe. If we live somewhere warm, we don't even really need a house, a tent can suffice. It's dividing what we truly need to just survive versus what we want to live more comfortably.
Jesus had no place to lay his head. Paul was constantly moving around at the disposal of others, and even in prison he was content with just the security of life in heaven with Jesus.
That's where all our "stress" comes from, our wants not being fulfilled. It leads us to work more, harder, faster, to get paid to afford to live "comfortably". We have wants other than our needs. If we are in Christ, our needs are already fulfilled. Eternal life!
