consumerism

I read this today & thought about all of us who live SO well,compared to the rest of the world.

Read this & just think about the lives & culture we now live in, & how this could relate to all that...


1 Timothy 6
6 Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.

7 After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can't take anything with us when we leave it.

8 So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.


  9 But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.

        And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.



11 But you, Timothy, are a man of God; so run from all these evil things.

        Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

       12 Fight the good fight for the true faith.

       Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses.


  17 Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable.

        Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.

18 Tell them to use their money to do good.

        They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need,

              always being ready to share with others.

19 By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life.