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Eric will admit that he is a collector who hates to throw anything away, even if the clothes no longer fit or he has no use for something. He has forty years of model railroad magazines scattered throughout his house. There is a stack of them in closets and even in the high kitchen cabinets that reach to the ceiling. One day Eric noticed that several of the cabinets were pulling away from the ceiling. If the cabinet came loose it would make a mess, with broken glassware and china as well as food and his beloved magazines. Quickly he gathered all his magazines.
He called repair service. It took two workers and cost nearly $500 to reattach the cabinets.
The next day a friend stopped by as Eric was sitting on the floor looking at his magazines. His friend challenged him, "Maybe this is a lesson for you to throw them away." "No," Eric replied, "there are valuable." His friend continued to challenge him asking how they were valuable. Eric said he may need to refer to an article and wanted to have the magazines close to him. What convinced Eric that he needed to make some changes was when his friend said, "Take your faith seriously. Jesus was not burdened with belongings."
That's how Eric began to shed things. He donated clothes he would never wear again and books he would never read to a local charity. Old programs and magazines he took to recycle. He was just beginning to let go of things.
In the "Parable of the Rich Fool," Jesus warns his followers, "Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions."
He called repair service. It took two workers and cost nearly $500 to reattach the cabinets.
The next day a friend stopped by as Eric was sitting on the floor looking at his magazines. His friend challenged him, "Maybe this is a lesson for you to throw them away." "No," Eric replied, "there are valuable." His friend continued to challenge him asking how they were valuable. Eric said he may need to refer to an article and wanted to have the magazines close to him. What convinced Eric that he needed to make some changes was when his friend said, "Take your faith seriously. Jesus was not burdened with belongings."
That's how Eric began to shed things. He donated clothes he would never wear again and books he would never read to a local charity. Old programs and magazines he took to recycle. He was just beginning to let go of things.
In the "Parable of the Rich Fool," Jesus warns his followers, "Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions."
