“You Don’t Own the Boat; the Boat Owns You”

I don’t know where that statement came from, but it certainly fits the world we’re familiar with: houses, vehicles, toys for big boys and trips to exotic places. A recent study was done in an upscale neighborhood, and the discovery was one where most of the residents were in a financial situation they could never repay. It was the cost of keeping up with the Jones’s.

The Bible addressed this practice two thousand years ago:

Matthew 6:19-21

 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

The question is – do we own our stuff or does our stuff own us?

Give it some thought.

Gary