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# The One Thing I Need More than the New iPad
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2012316the-one-thing-i-need-more-than-the-new-ipad-html/
- Published: 2012-03-16T13:56:12.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:29:34.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Faith, Technology, #DashHouseCom, #wp

![1000w-28](https://dashhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1000w-28.jpeg)

It’s reviews like [this one](http://daringfireball.net/2010/04/the%5Fipad?ref=dashhouse.com) that made me want to buy an iPad:

> The whole thing feels fast fast fast … $500 is affordable but not cheap, and the iPad does not feel cheap in any regard … The iPad display is, overall, wonderful. Colors are bright and accurate. Photos and videos looks great. Touches seem precisely accurate. The glass feels good. Viewing angles are shockingly good.

I could go on, but you get the point. The bottom line: the iPad is a great product.

Think that’s a review of the new iPad being released today? Not at all. The review I quoted was posted in April 2010\. It’s not about the new iPad; it’s about the one that came out not even two years ago.

Here’s the thing. The review is still accurate. The original iPad is still a great product. My iPad still feels fast. It is still a well-made product. The display is still wonderful, and the colors are still bright.

So why am I tempted to ditch it?

This post has nothing to do with iPads, and it’s not meant as an indictment against anyone buying the new iPad. This post has a lot more to do with my own heart, specifically about one character trait that I seem to lack: contentment.

Jerry Bridges writes:

> To be content with one’s possessions is one of the most strongly worded exhortations in Scripture. God deemed it important enough to include a prohibition against covetousness together with prohibitions agains the more abhorrent sins of murder, stealing, and adultery … \[Contentment\] is not a spiritual luxury. Contentment with what we have is absolutely vital to our spiritual health. ([*The Practice of Godliness*](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0891099417/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=dashhouse-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0891099417&ref=dashhouse.com)

![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=dashhouse-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0891099417)

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It turns out that I need one thing more than I need the new iPad: contentment with what I already have. I checked, and they don’t carry that at the Apple Store.

![The One Thing I Need More than the New iPad](https://www.dashhouse.com/content/images/v7/dashhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1000w-28.jpg)