Serving God? or Serving Mammon

Who do you serve?
What do you live for?
Do you desire God, or do you desire pleasure?

1 John 2:16

For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world.

A Christian Perspective
An anti-Mammon perspective, from a worldly view... (adult language)



I was going to post this during the holiday season, because that tends to highlight the love of things over the beauty of the Christmas holiday... but, quite honestly, there is something to be said for gift giving, and it is nice to get things. But the wild crowds, rioting over AirJordan shoes, the spraying of pepper spray while people jostle in line to get to the front, and more, when people elsewhere starve, daily made me understand things a bit more. People will celebrate however they like, but it is the truth of family, and love that is the holiday. Stuff, good stuff, cheap stuff, expensive stuff don't mean anything. Except if you receive gifts of food and you are starving, or gifts of money and you have nothing to pay rent. Focus on God, on love, on family, and you'll find the right course. Focus on things, on lust, on desire, and you will lose your way.