GET MORE STUFF

GET MORE STUFF

Buy more, beg for more, collect more but any way you 

can get all the things you can.  You see, there is a 

distinct advantage to having lots and lots of "stuff".

Let me explain.

I first noticed the advantage to having a lot of things with my

wife's plants.  She has to water and care for them every once

in a while.  And, some of those neat plants have to be brought

into the house during the winter.  Then taken back out in the 

spring.

This of course gives her added work every few days.

Nice, right?

Ouch!

The photo below is from my shop.

I have more motorcycles than I can ride at one time.

But that is O.K.  Even if they might not be running

I can pay personal property taxes on them.  Pay license

and insurance fees.  And even better, pay for any repairs

they need.

Oh!, the joy of having lots of "stuff".

And most of the things we get have to be "stored" some

where.  Isn't that thrilling?

We have relatives that have several pieces of property

scattered around.  They get to pay taxes, repairs and

maintenance fees on a regular basis.  Guess what?

It has become a real burden to them.

Here is a fact that most of us seem to forget.

"But godliness actually is a means of great gain

when accompanied by contentment.  For we have

brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take

anything out of it either.  If we have food and covering,

with these we shall be content.  But those who want to

get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many 

foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into

ruin and destruction."

(1 Timothy 6:6-9 NASB)

Have I learned anything from this.

YES! 

I have already hauled off several truck loads of "stuff"

to the sale.  And have given more away.  You guessed

it.  I have more free time on my hands and live just as

well - if not better than before.

One other thing.

This coming week end

even the motorcycles go up for sale.

O BOY. GOOD JUNK

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Last week I was donating some time at Fort Rock 

Family Camp.  Most of my time there is in maintenance,

you know "fixing stuff".   I was at the shop working when

one of the children from a family helping came to me 

wanting help to build a whistle.  She had picked out a 

piece of scrap tubing.  All I had to do was help her make

into a whistle. [Ha, ha, ha.]

We needed a piece of material to make the "fipple block"

with.  So, I pointed her at the scrap pile.  It is "fair game"

for anybody to use.  So with the help of her two smaller 

brothers they begin to dig in the scrap pile.  And I went 

back about my business.

Can you imagine my surprise when I came back out and

found that Lydia and each of her brothers had laid out

about a wheelbarrow load of scrap steel and old parts

 for each one of them.  Good stuff they had found in 

the scrap pile.  Three wheelbarrows of stuff.

But, their mother would not let them take all that good 

stuff home with them.

Just like you and me.  We spend a life time of  piling up 

a lot of "good junk" that we cannot take with 

us when we die and leave this old world.

One day every one of us is going to stand before

God in judgement whether we like it or not.

Consider his opinion on all this good "stuff" we

gather up for our selves.

"There is great gain in godliness with contentment;

for we brought nothing into the world, and we

cannot take anything out of the world, but if we

have food and clothing, with these we shall be

content.  But those who desire to be rich fall into

temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and 

hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and 

destruction.  For the love of money is the root of

all evils; it is through this craving that some have

wandered away from the faith and pierce their 

hearts with many pangs."

(1 Timothy 6:6-10 RSV)