A Car

If you're going to buy yourself
a nice new car
please reconsider
please.
cause i like beautiful things.
i've got nothing against 'em.
God's made good things and for that i praise him.
but if it's new. and nice.
all at the same time.
please reconsider.
if it's more than you NEED.
please reconsider.
If it's prettier than it NEED be.
please reconsider.
If it's more expensive than it should be
or expensive because of it's brand
please reconsider.
get it on sale.
find a new one.
please, if you are buying it to fill a hole...
a hole in your heart or your life.
please.
first question the motive.
ask the right question to find out what REALLY should fill that hole.
find why the hole got there.
cure the disease.
not the symptoms.
then it might be ok.
to buy a car.
but still not a new one. maybe not.
cause look around you.
how many cars do you see in a day?
we.
are.
rich.
if you have
ONE car.
you are more fortunate than the majority of the rest of the world.
and that doesn't even matter if it works or not.
i need to reconsider- what is my NEED.
not my want
not my desire
my NEED.
cause there are so many others
who NEED something they have no ability to get.
not a chance.
there isn't the choice of whether to buy a used car or a new car.
that choice isn't even there.
take the car factor out and add in the food factor.
where will their food come from that day?
so i'm not saying this to offend.
or finger point.
or say that i'm better.
cause i'mnot.
i live in a house with extra rooms.
i drink starbucks sometimes.
i turn on the lights when i wake up in the morning and take a fifteen minute shower and flush my toilet.
whenever i want.
multiple times in a row if i like.
so i am not saying this to say that i'm better.
just to make the point.
that New or used? isn't the first question to be asked.
Nor Volvo or Mercedes.
But
NEED or want?
then maybe move on to new or used?
and if you do move on to question two,
then i'd say and beg you
please pick used.
cause we've got enough steel
in our buildings and cars.
we've got enough metal
roaming our roads.
if you see one that drives.
that's a keeper.
just something to consider.
please reconsider.
and i'll be considering it too.

Hebrews 13:5
"5Keep your lives free from the love of money
and be content with what you have,
because God has said,
'Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.'"