Material Things

Material thing are so fleeting, but what if it is all you have ever known? The newest bag will offer you extra glances while walking down the hall. The newest style shoes offer you a hundred compliments and jealous girls hanging around you. A shiny car offers you that extra attention from all the guys. And a million friends on Facebook will maybe get you voted prom queen. But eventually someone will get the newer bag and those glances will be directed else where, forgetting about your bag the day before. Someone else will come with a better pair of shoes leaving you with no compliments and the girls who were by your side yesterday are now by her side today. The shiny car will grow dim and the boys will have used you and left you. And a few years after high school all those facebook friends will have forgotten all about your crown and have moved on with their lives, most even forgetting your name. Where will you be left after all the things have faded and the people moved on? Jesus said it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom or heaven than a camel to enter through the eye or a needle. I don’t think Jesus said this because He hates money or wants to make life hard for us. I think He said it because He wants us to experience life to its fullest with actual joy, with friends who will love you to the core, with a husband who will love and serve you and not use you, and with acceptance from the One who will never forget your name or your crown! This week a lot of the students were very dependant on their material items, but I think the Lord has started moving in their hearts and is showing them what true joy looks like. I will continue praying for our group from Philly.