new priorities

Due to a long-suffering weight on my soul, I am determined to make some changes in my life:

I hate the fact that now that it is summer and i have more time, I am thinking about the poor again. Not that I don't think my career and schooling are worthy of being a priority, but I feel I need to be more connected to the materially poor of this county. I don't need to buy any more clothes, I don't need to console myself with comfort food, I don't need to take long, hot, wasteful showers. I need to be more intentional about tithing, I need to seek out the poor, and I need to actively look for ways to serve others - literally to lay down my life for others. Uh-oh. How does this gel with the selfish, comfort-loving girl we all know and love? Help me Lord!