Life as we know it

Yesterday, me and my family went to the Cobb theater in Florida, which is a pretty expensive movie theater. The only reason we went is because a friend of ours, got a deal on the tickets, so a group of people (over 50 people) from our church went to see the new movie, The Chronicles or Narnia 3. But, the tickets were for 3D, so then it costs a little more. The movie was great, everyone loved it and we had a BLAST! But I was just thinking, the tickets were about $8.00 each. And I didn't see one person there alone, which means there were families.... families like us, who spent $40 just to see the movie. Plus, all of the other stuff like drinks, popcorn, candy etc. So we spent, probably 70 dollars total that day. And so did a lot of other families and couples too. So, when we see someone post something about a child maybe on RR that needs donations for him or her's grant, why do we think, wow, 70 dollars would be a lot to give to this child, let me lower that amount. When we just spent, that same amount of money, on our selves, on food and drinks that only last for 2 hours, on one little movie that you can always wait to rent  out on DVD. If you wanted to donate to a child in need, and you were only going to give maybe 5 or 10 dollars, that's okay, you may not have that much money to give, but when yo know that you have that money, and you know that you are suppose to give at least $50, and you think, no, this ONE child doesn't NEED that. You remember how much you could spend in one day, on one movie, for YOU. And that life isn't about spending a bunch of money for YOU or going and using the last bit of money you have on something for YOURSELF, life is about God, and God wants us to give. He wants us to sacrifice some of our money we have, and give it to someone in need. I bet, that with everyone in that theater, if they all put their money they used on the movie toward a child on RR, that would be a 720 dollar donation. AMAZING.