Should gifts and possessions come with guilt?

So, yesterday was Christmas as you well know (Merry Christmas to all).  A friend of mine sent me a financial gift and with that I purchased a much desired, drum roll please…ta-da!!! Ninja Ultima Blender!  Now, I had to add a little more to it (which was fine because he sent me a big chunk of it) so now I have it.  I am sooooo happy.  I haven’t used it yet though.  I think next week I shall. I have an idea of what kind of smoothie I’ll make too.  So excited. :-)

Ok, so here’s my thought (which I find myself doing often), why do I feel guilty about being happy with my achieved items?  I don’t worship them; I’m just happy to have certain things like my blender.  Should I be worried that I’m excited about my possessions?  What enters my mind when I feel this guilt is that I know I can’t take it with me. They’re just material items that will one day fade away either by loss of use because it’s broken, someone stole it, you give it away or you die.  

When I think of my death (I have to because one day I shall; we all will) I have a little conversation with myself.  I say to myself, “Who will I leave this stuff to...will they take care of it…?”  “It won’t matter to me who I leave this to or if it’ll be taken care of because I’ll be dead, so it wouldn’t matter anyway.”  “Should I stop buying stuff because I could die today or right now and then what?”  Yes people, these thoughts do go through my head.  I have a lot of thoughts in regards to my death.  The thoughts of how and when but that’s another blog for another time.  It started happening after my sister was murdered.  As I grow older, it becomes more frequent.  I don’t mean to come off sounding sad, this is just me being real.  I’m smiling as I’m typing this so, you know.  It’s all good.

In GOD’s word He speaks of us not holding on to things because it’s only for a season.  We’re suppose to set our sights on things that are “...eternal…” and not on “...things which are seen are temporal…” (2 Cor. 4:18 KJV)  Job said he came into this world with nothing “...naked…” and he’ll return the same (Job 1:21).  I like owning what I’ve worked hard to get and even when I’m blessed through others.  I don’t make idols out of my things but I just can’t help feeling guilty when I get pleasure in using them.  Again, am I wrong?  Has anyone else felt like this?  All I do know and am well assured, is the one possession I have that I refuse to lose, will never throw away and I can take with me is my salvation.  Jesus Christ has saved me from myself and for that I am truly grateful.  He has helped me to have a made up mind to stay with Him and I’m satisfied.  Jesus has sent me the gift of His Comforter, His Holy Spirit and again, I’m satisfied.  Yes, this is one gift that was was purchased for me by the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, and it’s never going to leave unless I want it to.  Give up salvation, not even in my vocabulary.   Again, this is what I can take to the grave and heaven with me.   No guilt there.  Amen.