Good Morning!
    Have you ever memorized the 23rd Psalm?  This was one passage I memorized at an early age.  In fact it was one of a set of verses I kept saying over and over again in my mind as I was in delivery and labor with my children, as at that time they were encouraging "focal points" and I couldn't think of anything better than focusing on scripture.  It's good to have a store house of verses in your mind and heart at that time of your life or at other times when things are rought.
   "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want."  Today in reading that verse I was struck by: I shall not want, I shall not want, I shall not want....
   This causes me to ask myself   "Are there things that I want?"  In the Hebrew, the word "want" here is #2637 in the Strongs Concordance, "chucer" which means "lacking, have need".
   Am I lacking anything in my life that is necessary to sustain my life?  The answer to that would be a resounding, No!  I'm not lacking a thing.  I have food in the refirgerator and on the pantry shelves.  I have clothing to cover my body. I have a car, which really is a luxury, and on and on.  What about you are you lacking or really "wanting" anyting?  It is said that American's, Canadians, and others are the richest people on the earth.  We really don't lack or "want" in that sense of the word, rathere we "desire and then intend to consume it with our lust"   You've probably seen that poster on FB or elsewhere that tells us how rich we truly are in comparrison to the countires around us.  Jesus told his disciples "with food and clothing be content."   We really can be content with food and clothing.
       Today may we really think about the small phrase, "I shall not want."  May we thank God that He has supplied all of our needs and thank Him for that.  Let's let our children and other loved ones know that we are thankful to God that He provides our needs, that we are not "wanting."  After we thank God for His provision in our lives may our hearts turn to those who are really in need.
    Perhaps then we can share some of things we have with others, which is another great lesson to be teaching our children.  Let's set an example so that others will not truly be in want.