Take 10 minutes to listen to this. It is brilliant.
I know that I have thought many of these same thoughts, but this is articulated wonderfully.
Showing posts with label materialism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label materialism. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Fighting Materialism
Amanda and I are pretty good with our money. In fact, we often take a form of pride in how frugal we are. We sometimes sort of look down our noses at all the SUVs in the church parking lot and chuckle about how our cars are paid for. When our pastor preaches on materialism I think about how I don't struggle with that.
But as I look a little deeper I still see the signs of materialism in my life. I enjoy buying video games that I think will make me happy. I have all kinds of resources that I thought would make me a better guitar player, but I don't put the time into them. I just ordered my textbooks for school and was maybe a little too anxious to get more books in the house.
No, I am not immune to materialism. Nor, obviously, to pride.
But as I look a little deeper I still see the signs of materialism in my life. I enjoy buying video games that I think will make me happy. I have all kinds of resources that I thought would make me a better guitar player, but I don't put the time into them. I just ordered my textbooks for school and was maybe a little too anxious to get more books in the house.
No, I am not immune to materialism. Nor, obviously, to pride.
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