Lots of Money

 

 

I once told - the wealthiest man is not the one who owns the most, but to desire the least.. Do u agree? 

 

Yesterday Mr. Sandy McEachern was giving us a sermon, and he preached on something that also touched on "material possessions" A good point to ponder really... the key takeaway from this part was that so many of us are so obsessed with material possessions, and we just love to indulge and to own more and more of these things. Be it, a good car, a good house, good clothing, good life and it goes on. We are telling ourselves to go for something BETTER. And each time we want it better, we work harder and most of us just never are satisfied and eventually - it has taken away the most precious thing of ourselves - Our TIME. Then it comes to a point that we realised - TIME is all gone and the real price we pay include we sacrificed our family members, we sacrificed building relationships with our loved ones, our friends and more importantly, with God. And does that really mean a "Better Life"?

We all must deeply ponder on this. Of course, many of you are still young and I have been young - and I think I work hard too for money. I used to work 7 days, and in few days I have to teach like 11 hours (with 2 classes of 4 hours and one with 3 hours). And I teach EVERY SUNDAY for the entire semester. I cannot afford to fall sick, so I have to work even when I am sick since my schedule doesn't permit cancellation as it is extremely hard to find replacement days.

And now I felt I am beginning to live a life - when I have no more Sunday classes at MCKL. And I used to teach 5 evenings/nights but now I only do 2. It takes a lot of courage to let go the money, but I think is worth everything.

Mr Sandy ended this part quoting the story of King Sodom offered everything (all his possessions) and asked for his SOUL to be spared. And that is why we always hear people say... DON'T SELL YOUR SOUL FOR THE WORLDY POSSESSIONS... It is not worth.

I feel this piece is so relevant and I just wish to share my thought to some of you that might be going through the same journey to realise what it really takes to make a better life.