Was It Ever Really Mine?

This song sparked some thoughts today.  I was listening to it and singing it to Maelle when I realized how silly it is for me to worry about money.  I worry about money a lot.  Really, as Sam puts it, money is just numbers we get and give.  The eternal value of money is so miniscule it's not worth mentioning.  In the end, the way we love people is what God cares about... and so it's what I should care about.  So hard to learn this lesson.  Even when money feels important because we need to go to a dentist, or eat, or do something "for ourselves"... it's not.  God provides what we need.  What we have is His.  I hope this song brings home this truth to you too...

Was It Ever Really Mine?  By Jon Troast

i brought a dollar to the store today
wanting to buy something new
i put the dollar in my front pocket
and brought it back home to you

cause i dont want to buy what i dont need
and i dont want to own what i cant keep
and if im gonna have to leave it all behind
was it ever really mine

i made a dollar at my job today
i show up every week
i guess i really didnt make it
they gave it to me

cause i dont want to buy what i dont need
and i dont want to own what i cant keep
and if im gonna have to leave it all behind
was it ever really mine

cause ive got mansions
waiting in the sky
where the rivers run
but never run dry


there are highways of gold
room for this soul
i dont think jesus would lie

i put a dollar in the mail today
i hope it gets there in time
they looked so hungry on my tv
i hope they'll be alright

cause the stores full of things that i dont need
and the worlds full of mouths that i cant feed
and if im gonna have to leave it all behind
was it ever really mine

cause i dont want to buy what i dont need
and i dont want to own what i cant keep
and if im gonna have to leave it all behind
was it ever really mine