Lori I Want

It's time to face a childhood name that I really don't like to embrace. But when I was a kid, evidently I was very selfish. Probably not much has changed except for the fact that I know when to keep my mouth shut.

Okay back to the story, so I used to ask for everything and anything. Not so much asking but saying "I want this" and "I want that" thus earning the name in my family "Lori I Want." Isn't that horrible?

The reason this is on my mind is because our pastor started a new series today studying Psalm 23 verse by verse.  The first verse, "The Lord is my shepherd and I shall not be in want" always seemed to be the classic funeral line to me. All I could picture was movies and TV shows of this verse being quoted next to a grave.

But today, my pastor talked about want. Did you know that the original definition of want that was used when the Bible was translated meant "to always feel that you're missing something." I always thought "want" meant that I would always be taken care of physically and spiritually.

Isn't that interesting?

So when I shall not be in want, I shall not feel like I'm missing something. Because God has given me exactly what I need for this moment in time.

It may be about 25 years late, but maybe I'm moving past my horrible nickname.