Variety Pack

Thinking about how insulated we are as Americans from so many problems that others face. If we need food we go to the grocery store. If we're sick we can go to the doctor. So often we don't seem to need God. But I can testify that when I needed Him, he delivered me, from the insane rage of an unsaved man, to providing temporary and probably long term lodging with brethren. Thank you, Jesus
Contemplating Acts 20:35 where Paul quotes Jesus saying "that it is more blessed to give than to receive." Why is that? Is it solely because giving meets the needs of others, or is it the reality that giving relinquishes my control of resources that God has given me as a stewardship, thus acknowledging that they belong to Him, not to me?
Also pondering the very human tendency of placing our subjective understanding of our personal life experience above the truth of the eternal Word of God, something we tend to do often. Rather we should place the Word as the final determinant in our lives. The Holy Spirit does not contradict Himself. He does not say one thing in the Scripture and then something else to you or me.
"How precious is your steadfast love. O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights." (Ps. 36:7-8