It has never ceased to amaze me at no matter how poor or rich your surroundings, greed and hoarding are a problem common to man.
I have seen this in Mexico with the Indians seeking their living on the garbage dumps, yet equally amongst multi-millionaires seeking that elusive next million! Apparently you never do have enough!
And you can not talk to either end of the spectrum about the foolishness of pursuing more that they they need or could use!
I once had one close friend that he could in no way ever spend it!
Image so much wealth that you would have to SPEND $11,000,000 per day for the rest of your life! And he was 26, with a long statistical life ahead of him!
"Imagine my surprise when that life was suddenly truncated four years later!
Drunk driver, bad roads, a statistic in the waiting!
Last I heard the lawyers were working hard to spend as much of it as possible!
Before any heirs would see a nickel!.
Yeah, such is greed
As I have long stated:
I have been rich and I have been dirt poor, and was Christian walk was much better when I was poor and in need.
Yeah, when you NEED God, He has you where you belong.
And you are then free to live His life.
If you were living a non-materialistic lifestyle then:
You could HELP the needy and not hoard
You would concentrate on what is not perishable
You would be able to focus on eternal things
You would realize life is not about loot
Yeah, Matthew 6:19-24, lays it out nicely, if you want to check it out.
Bonus points:
And what are those eternal things?
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