Hello friends!!! I want to acknowledge that Christmas is coming up, and that means a lot of things.... Every time I go tout shopping with my Mom, or with friends I just get a little sad; It's like so many people are living for the wrong things, and you can just see materialism. Our culture is material driven, and so many people are okay with that, it is in the church, in the schools, and maybe it  is even in your own home. One thing I know for sure is, and many others have learned the hard way, is that ONLY GOD can satisfy, there is a scripture in the Psalms that says "As a deer pants for water, my soul pants for you" something like that, and when I think about this I think about how if deer do not get water they die, so when we are filled with the Holy Spirit we won't die(like our spirit-person, there will come a point when we will die), and I think of the things of this earth that we try to get satisfied with, I consider them acid, so no wonder people who find their fill in material things find themselves in even more pain and confusion and hurt, not to mention depression than before. A lot of times, I realize that the only thing we can ever do is pray, and a lot of people are losing their zeal for prayer, so many are forgetting that our God, who is bigger than anything and everything, listens to us when we make ourselves weak and pray, when we realize that their is nothing we can do by our own strength. The way of God is voluntary weakness, I am trying with all that I am to be humble, and to spend my time wisely, and it is a hard thing to accomplish sometimes, but it all counts. Our prayers matter to Him. So I want to encourage you this week of Christmas, to let, and allow the hunger and thisrt for righteousness overcome you, I encourage you to press into God's heart, and love Him, and spend time with Him. He is so wonderful!! I love you guys, I hope you are blessed today.