Hoarding
How much is too much when it comes to money and stuff? I've seen television shows on hoarding where people live in homes filled to the rooftops with stuff. Recently in our area, fires broke out in the homes of two different hoarders and the firemen couldn't get into the homes and basically had to let them burn. Why do people hoard, rather than use items that are needed and get rid of the rest?
The Bible speaks to the idea of hoarding in James 5:
1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
I'm sure we've all heard the saying, "You never see a U-Haul hooked up to the back of a hearse." We literally cannot take our stuff with us when we die, so why don't we put it to good use while we live? Get rid of the excess and give it to those who can use it, sell it and give the money to the church for ministries, or with thanksgiving to God, use what you do have instead of saving it for a special day. It's all God's stuff anyway, use it in gratitude or give it away. KT
The Bible speaks to the idea of hoarding in James 5:
1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
I'm sure we've all heard the saying, "You never see a U-Haul hooked up to the back of a hearse." We literally cannot take our stuff with us when we die, so why don't we put it to good use while we live? Get rid of the excess and give it to those who can use it, sell it and give the money to the church for ministries, or with thanksgiving to God, use what you do have instead of saving it for a special day. It's all God's stuff anyway, use it in gratitude or give it away. KT
Only a fraction of the stuff we had to get rid of when a family member passed away. I was glad a friend was able to put some of it to good use. It feels good seeing some of the items in her home being used and cherished.
Matthew 6: 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
I think I have some of that stuff! Lol.
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