Yesterday, as I was driving through an extremely nice neighborhood, and thinking about how "blessed" these families must feel because of their stuff, it got me thinking about how much money they will be spending on Christmas. And how other families without a lot of money will spend tons of money, too, even though they don't have it. And how did Jesus ever get mixed up with all this holiday and shopping junk?
Anyway, so I was thinking about how we spend all this money, whether we have it or not, and how we are all striving to earn more & more to stay at least comfortable. I've certainly fallen into this trap. Of course I'd never tell my boss this, but I think I make too much money. I mean how much does a single person need to live on? I try to be wise about it, but I know I'm frivolous at times. Sometimes I feel pretty guilty about spending the extra money on organic! green! recycled! stuff because maybe I should be giving that extra expense away to something more important. But then there is that whole "am I oppressing more people by buying the cheap clothes" issue, but don't get me started.
I am really having a hard time staying on track & getting to my point. Can you tell?
What I am trying to get to was my end thought while driving through this neighborhood, that we are looking for jobs to make enough money to be oh-so-comfortable, when really? When has comfort ever been the message of God? We all hear Christians talk about how they are so "blessed" to have a home and all the junk in it, but really, who says that is a blessing? I dunno.
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hmmm, stuff. Can't be happy with it, can't be happy without it. I do however dream of the day I don't have to look at the budget before going grocery shopping!
yeah, i don't miss those days.
i dream of the day every person on the planet can have enough to eat without worry!
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