Monopoly

How do we break the "monopolies" of our lives? Here are a few statements that should make you think ...

We all have toy graveyards... kids call them closets... adults call them attics, garages, storage barns... They are the graveyards of stuff we thought we couldn't live without... There's always going to be people who have more than you and less than you. Thank God for what you do have... Is your occupation your preoccupation? Our importance is not based on our possessions... but on our position in Christ because what we live for is more important than what we live on.

When Snoopy saw Charlie Brown eating turkey and all the fixings while he was outside eating dogfood... Snoopy said... "It could be worse... I could've been born a turkey..."

When we leave and get into our cars and we look at everything that's wrong with our car... we need to passionately say... "It could be worse.." And when we get home and compare our homes with other places that seem nicer... "It could be worse..." And when we sit down to watch our 26" televisions and dream of the 60" plasma hanging on the wall... "It could be worse..."

It just seems to me that our stuff means more to most people than it should...after all, when is the last time you witnessed a hearse pulling a uhaul?