I love looking at motorcycle magazines, especially when they are doing reviews on new bikes. Seeing what is coming out, the new enhancements or styles, that can be a lot of fun.
Or especially just visiting the dealership, throwing a leg over a new bike.
But what can happen during this "innocent" window shopping, is that my appreciation for the bikes I already have wanes just a bit. I find myself slightly discontent. If only my bike had...
But that's the goal of the advertisements isn't it? To make us less happy with what we have, so they can sell us what we don't.
It's easy to take our eyes of the blessings we have in our lives when we are staring at something we think we want.
Are you content with what God has given you?
"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want." Phi 4: 12 (NIV)
