typing on my ibook, listening to my ipod and drinking a non-fat sugar-free gingerbread latte from Starbucks, with my cell phone next to me, ready to text the latest flight updates. 
Sitting there, watching busy travelers rush past in search of elusive boarding gates, I was astounded by how blessed I am. Not only do I have all of these high-tech gadgets and a ridiculously priced cup of coffee, I am able to afford a flight home to visit family and friends. The blessing of family and friends is worth more than any computer or cell phone (or ridiculously priced cup of coffee) because no matter how many computers I acquire or airplanes I board, it's the people you come home to that matter most.
And yet with all of the material and financial blessings, and the abundance of family and friends who love and care for me in so many ways, I praise God that I can echo the apostle Paul when he says, "But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ-the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead." (Phil 3:7-11)
So many things to be thankful for this holiday season...
Oh that I may know Christ more and in my heart consider all else rubbish.
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