IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAVE MONEY WHEN YOUR NEIGHBORS KEEP BUYING THINGS YOU CANNOT AFFORD. GREED CAN GET YOU WHAT YOU WANT, BUT ROB YOU OF WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE!
Shakespeare said: " Those that much covet are with gain so fond... That what they have not, what which they possess...They scatter and unloose it from their bond, And so by hoping more they have but less."
You see that's the tragedy behind all greed. Our eyes long for more. Our heart beats faster, and some greedy person's whole life is consumed with the need to possess---such that he will never have peace unless he gets what he wants, no matter what method he uses in acquiring it---that's the words of Francis Kong.
From my points of view, Francis is right. Our eyes always long for more...the material things that we would like to have because our friends have it. The expensive foods that we eat---coz our co-employees ate those. Surely, we don't have contentment as human beings. In the Bible it says that contentment with Godliness is great gain. Greed destroys. The Bible never fades and it does not change its content. We should remember that heaven and earth will pass away, but the Word of God will never pass away. This season's of sharing, we should not be greedy. We should not receive only the gifts that we wanted but we should also give the things that the needy wanted. The needy long for more....more than our eyes...more than our taste buds...more than our body. So, let's share with them. Let us not be greedy with what we have and own. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
Shakespeare said: " Those that much covet are with gain so fond... That what they have not, what which they possess...They scatter and unloose it from their bond, And so by hoping more they have but less."
You see that's the tragedy behind all greed. Our eyes long for more. Our heart beats faster, and some greedy person's whole life is consumed with the need to possess---such that he will never have peace unless he gets what he wants, no matter what method he uses in acquiring it---that's the words of Francis Kong.
From my points of view, Francis is right. Our eyes always long for more...the material things that we would like to have because our friends have it. The expensive foods that we eat---coz our co-employees ate those. Surely, we don't have contentment as human beings. In the Bible it says that contentment with Godliness is great gain. Greed destroys. The Bible never fades and it does not change its content. We should remember that heaven and earth will pass away, but the Word of God will never pass away. This season's of sharing, we should not be greedy. We should not receive only the gifts that we wanted but we should also give the things that the needy wanted. The needy long for more....more than our eyes...more than our taste buds...more than our body. So, let's share with them. Let us not be greedy with what we have and own. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
