Want or Need?

This month I have been thinking quite a lot about the difference between the words want and need. I have come to the conclusion that we actually need very little. One only really needs food, as a substance to keep the body alive. Shelter to stay out of the weather, and clothes to cover us and to keep warm. Anything other than those things I would place in the want category. Along with that would also be anything over the top when it comes to food, shelter, and clothes. Could there be some other exceptions to this though?

The reason I bring all of this up is because my teenage-girl-over-thinking-brain has not let me forget this list of things that I think I want. The trouble is what things do I need and what do I simply want? My mind keeps telling me that “every girl wants this…” and “every one needs that” but do I really need those thing at all?

Now the list that keeps pestering my brain goes something like this…

I want to…

Be asked to go to prom

Be swept off my feat by an amazing guy

Be called beautiful/pretty

Be listened to

Be kissed
and a couple more

These are just small things I want someday. They almost seem silly to me now that I have them in writing. The thing is I have much bigger goals for my life than to have these wants checked off from this list right away. Even though the first list would be really nice, here are some of the other things I am finding I need.

I need to…

Study for and take the SAT’s

Work on finishing my senior year strong

Get more information about colleges I want to attend

Find out more about what I need to become a certified NARHA instructor

Get together everything I will need to get to college

Work to serve my church

Get a head start and finish my 4-H projects early

Look into job opportunities

These are some of my thoughts from this month. I shall work on the list of needs from now on, until they are finished. With God’s guidance I will get to where he wants me to be, and so far this is where he is taking me.

Proverbs 20:18, 24, & 21:2 & 27:1