I need something annoying to wake me up.   jackalopekid

Nov 2009 04

impressive8

Posted In deepness

i try to impress people i don’t even like with things i think they would like me for having, which i can’t even afford. they will end up being obsolete tomorrow, sitting on a back shelf collecting dust next month or even getting rust on them in a little bit so then i have to throw it away. so, i’m just thinking about what happens after this all ends.–wait, after all this is said and done, i don’t have my Mac or my HDTV? i don’t have my wife to talk for me or even my retro t-shirt or my too tight girly fitting jeans? i don’t have that fancy restaurant that makes me feel all important cause the food is so nasty it’s expensive, or that favorite rock-n-roll album on my iPod or my starbucks white chocolate mocha in hand. after this blink-of-an-eye experience is over, it’s just me, the Maker and His one question- “WHAT DID YOU DO WITH ME?”

  • Wow! Deep. My husband and I have been trying to move to more simpler lifestyles. Can I just say living in American that is really, really hard.

    I agree with Jimmy stuff is meaningless. Solomon wrote a whole book on it and we still miss it.
  • Jimmy White
    Heard this statement this weekend, it has made me re-think every purchase...

    Debt is Bad
    Saving is Good
    Giving is Fun
    Stuff is Meaningless
  • love it man
  • Madame Blueberry
    Had to find out the hard way
    About too much stuff
  • I would say "Amen!" as well.

    I struggle with wanting, and at times, coveting new "stuff" because it's cool. But as you say. it soon gathers dust on the shelf. I am working hard to overcome lusting after the newest tech gadget. I am starting to realize that the thousands of dollars that I have wasted on "stuff I don't need, bought to impress people that I don't like with money that I don't have (credit cards!?)" would be much better spent in the hands of any of a number of qualified, dedicated missionaries around the globe.

    Think about how much they could have done with several thousand dollars - and what kind of eternal impact it could have made.
  • I can only say Amen to this Adam

    How often do we chase the nice things in life, and in the end they just lie around gathering dust?

    Even though there is no problems with having nice things, if you can afford it, we should always focus on Him and probably ask Him if we should buy the luxuries involved, especially if it might have an impact on your finances, as we are called to work responsibly with the money God gives us.
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