ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
October 16, 2022
The movie, Veggietale: Madame Blueberry, is a story of a distraught blueberry who is not content with what she has. She has pictures on her wall of all her neighbor’s stuff that she covets. One day, a new megastore called Stuff-Mart moves in across the street. It glitters like a beacon of hope in her life. Some representatives of the store come by to confirm her suspicion that her present stuff is not good enough. They sing to her their corporate song, “Happiness waits at the Stuff-Mart. All you need is lots more stuff.” There are times when fiction is very funny because it is so close to the truth. For most of us, we have a bit of an obsession with stuff. And the marketing people have pretty much convinced us that happiness awaits us at Stuff-Mart or whatever retail establishment you prefer.Let us seek God’s assistance in reprioritizing our lives with a greater focus on the things of God, remembering that Jesus shared with his disciples, “Be on your guard against all kinds of greed…” That’s some pretty good advice.
Let me be defined by the vastness of your grace, O Lord, and not by the vast amount of stuff that I collect. Amen.
