Holding Loosely

God is mighty and all-powerful.

For some reason the thought of losing everything (materially speaking) has filled my mind. Most likely because this is a reality for a couple families I know right now. It hurts me to see how much my children have, so much that they can’t keep it all together, so much it overflows their bedroom and our unfinished basement. In a country rich as ours it is a difficult task to teach and to know the lessons of appreciation and holding loosely when everything seems at our beckon call (though it never seems enough).

Would I be okay to lose it all (nice house, material goods, good job)? God assures me he will provide for my faith, but not for my greedy materialism. That being said, how anxious would I be? Through God’s bringing me to him and my own stupidity, I have lost everything before. Now I have much more though. How can I hold loosely to these things and teach my family the same? Should I live with much less than I have? What do I give up?