A thought about contentment from God

Here’s a good prayer for the day - although, with the direction of our economy, we may be FORCED to live this way (at least the 2nd part)! ;-)

O God, I beg two favors from you;
let me have them before I die.
8  First, help me never to tell a lie.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
9  For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?”
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.


Ahh, this is certainly something that the average American (you? me?) should learn to live!