On this same friday in another part of the country, a walmart employee was killed when they tried to open the door that morning to let the shoppers in. These people couldn't wait 20 second to let this person get out of the way, they had to trample them into the ground. Our greed as American shoppers took away this persons life. Is a new TV worth another human beings life?
Im not saying that I am absolved in all of this. I am probably one of the worst offenders in the world. (I mean how many pairs of shoes and bags do you really need honestly?) I feel like Paul, chief of sinners. I am condemning a society that I am rabidly supporting with my monies. What are we doing with our money? I can break down my budget into a few shameful categories:
1-gas/car maintenance
2-school (sooooo expensive)
3-food (why does it cost so much)
4-tithing (not even close to what I need to give)
5-mindless shopping
I feel sick when I think about where all my money goes.
I am one of the millions of Americans who when they are bored just goes down to their local walmart and buys something that they could never need. (like a candy bar! And I wonder why I am gaining weight!) It seems like everything in our society is run on money, greed and capitalism. I understand that without money our economy would do something bad and all that jazz, I just don't understand how we have let the almighty dollar take the position of Jesus Christ. We use the money that God has given us to buy something stupid instead of spending it on something that could benefit mankind, like buying food for a homeless brother or sister, or taking a hurting friend to coffee.
Why do we continue to work 80 hours a week to get money we dont need, to feed a family we dont see, at a job that we hate!!! I understand that every family has to eat. We all have to have a job of some sort to fuel this nasty food habit that we all have. But why all the excess? Why are we so greedy? Do I really think that if I get this new shirt then I will get a boyfriend? Or if I get these shoes, this person will think Im cool? I confuse and frustrate myself! I just wonder why God lets me get away with this harmful obsession with STUFF!!!
My biggest secret is that I have a problem with the god of stuff! I feel like I need to go through a 12 step program to help me kick this habit. In this society no one would say I had a problem (except maybe my mum lol) but in my heart greed for stuff is a problem!
We need to let the world know that this is a problem!! We need to have God cure us of this stuff habit!
We need to find a good way to spend the blessings that we are given.
-Lydia
