Hi all!
I just wanted to share this with you, it's something one of my friends sent to me some time ago:

People's ambition was to have the five Cs: Cash, Career, Car, Condominium, Credit card. A newer version of the five Cs is: Connectivity (to be tuned in), Choices (more the merrier), Cheek (doing things our way), Causes (it is hip to help), Consumers (spend first, pay later).

The writer of Proverbs 30 asks God for two Gs: Grace and Goodness.
Grace: "Remove far from me vanity and lies" (v. 8). He did not want to fall for vanity or lies.
Goodness: "Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny Thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain" (vv. 8,9). He asked for needed provision--no more, no less. He feared riches could spoil him and lead him to deny the Lord. He was worried that poverty could lead him to steal and dishonour God's name.

What do we desire? The temporary happiness of the 5Cs or God's grace and goodness? May we desire to honour God's name.

Let us celebrate together,
Lift our voice in one accord,
Singing of the grace and mercy,
And the goodness of the Lord.

God's grace abounds.
God's goodness is God's grace.

May we rejoice in God's grace and goodness,
~only a sinner, saved by grace~