The Lord is triumphant over all!
THOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER gods before Me (Exodus 20:3). This always seemed a
simple command to me. Monday April 15th our house caught on fire.
Thankfully no one was hurt and the structure is fine. Last week I spent two or
three days going through my possessions photographing various melted clumps and
inventorying them for the insurance company. Many of these things were nothing
more than little hunks of metal that fly through the air, but because of the
times these things are not replaceable. I found myself going through the ashes
saying to myself it is only stuff, and slowly getting more and more frustrated
by the loss of this ”stuff.”
My friends, I do not bow down to
these possessions, I do not worship these things, or sing praises, or pray to
them, but I spent more time thinking about them than I did my Savior. This is
not correct and I find myself being ashamed of my obvious failure in observing
this simple command that I thought I had no issues with. Be careful! I realized
my possessions were far more important to me than what they should be.
Tim
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