Desires, Dreams, and Iphones

Recently I have started a program which allows me to earn a free IPhone after completing certain offers from companies and referring friends to do the same thing. It is a great idea for the companies and for anyone who wants a free (minus the $5-10 charges for the services here and there) phone. It started innocently enough, but my quest for a new phone turned into a sickness of online shopping and greed. I realized that because of putting money back for a while that I had saved up enough money to spend quite a bit on stuff so I did. I realize now that this runs much deeper than just a silly shopping binge. My true desire for my life is to live simply. I would love to take a year and live out of my vehicle with no more money than I can make to cover fuel/food costs. To hike, walk, camp, drive, and visit my way across America. I dream about that kind of adventure. No worries, no deadlines, just time to focus on what's really important: time with God in nature, relationships with new people, and sharing what God has blessed me with.

It's hard to think that a cell phone program can really be the first step away from fulfilling that desire, but I feel that I have recently lost focus of my dreams and have started to breed discontent with my current life situation. I want to move up in the world rather than listen to what the Bible which I say I believe says..."this world is not your home." If I really do believe that I hope that I can live it out by remembering every day that there is more to value than stuff here on this world.