What are you willing to pay to have new things? Will you excuse, I mean justify spending considerably more on an item because "new" will last longer or not come "used". New is just better, right? To be honest, I think it is.
In the United States, we spend more than 8.4 billion dollars annually on cosmetic surgery, some necessarily of course, but primarily in an attempt to re-claim some level of "newer" or "newness". I am not anti cosmetic surgery, just a little bewildered by how much we will pay to try and appear new or different.
So we think we have got our physical heath covered, but what about the rest? Our mental health - knowledge? What about our Spiritual health - faith? How much do we invest in what you don't see? Seems like a fair question if you ask me.
So what are you willing to pay for new knowledge, or new faith growing opportunities? Or do you feel what you have is enough? Heck, it has gotten you this far, right? I believe this is the area that has the most value, and investing in growing your knowledge and your Spiritual health will have lasting effects far beyond this lifetime...nothing else can claim that.
We worry so much about what we have or how we look, and yet one day those things will go away, and that is a fact of life. So why all the worry? Scripture asks a powerful question:
"Who of you can add a single hour to his life?" Matthew 6:27.
That being said, what are you willing to pay for new? Maybe the question shouldn't be about what you are willing to pay for new, but what are you willing to invest in? You and your stuff, or something that will make an eternal difference...well?
...just askin'
In His Grip,
Pastor Pat
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