G-d's calendar: 8th day, 12th month, year 5771

Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My Father; and shalt not turn away from me.

John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of G-d, even to them that believe on His name:

We must take care always that we keep our focus on G-d, not HIS gifts. The bottom line of humanity is thus: when life is good we shift our focus to the "goodies" rather than maintaining our eyes on the One that is goodness. G-d provides abundantly, but . . . He is to be our focus. I watched our grandson years ago at his birthday party right before writing this devotion. His eyes lit up with the gifts and he said, "Thank you," but he was totally immersed in the gifts. They had his complete focus. Now, he was only 3 at the time. So many of G-d's people live as though is it their 3rd birthday.