A Matter of Priorities

OK, I'm just a little sensitive about buying this new TV, OK? Huge case of buyer's remorse. Hey, I bought it so that I could give the old one to my daughter who lost her's to a thief. Of course, I could have bought her the NEW one, but I'm trying to teach her reserve and self-discipline. (No one is buying this, are they?) Then I come acress this story--

MANTECA, Calif. -- A California pastor accused of selling his town's oldest church has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and agreed to 18 months in prison. Randall Radic had preached at First Congregational Church of Ripon for nearly a decade before he sold the church last October for $525,000, allegedly using the money to buy a BMW. Authorities said he also faked documents that gave him possession of his house, which was owned by the church, then used the property to take out loans.

So maybe preachers can be as swept away by materialism as anyone else? Maybe from watching religious TV, you may have the idea that we have MORE of a problem than anyone else! There is nothing wrong with a new TV. (Pause for an "Amen"). Hey, there is nothing wrong with a new BMW (but $525,000?). There is something wrong when we let our values get completely out of control... or controlled by the world. That's somethign we all have to struggle with at times. Excuse me, but I need to check the BestBuy delivery schedule for this week!