Loving Money
We throw the word love around a lot. We say we love doughnuts and pizza. We say we love a particular TV show or movie. We even say that we love singers and movie stars that we have never met. What do we really mean when we use the word love in those ways? I believe we are saying that we like them a lot, but to me that is not what the word love means. We don't love a person just because we like them a lot. Love is much more than that. Love is a choice. Love is a commitment. We can love things, but should we? We can decide to love people we don't know, but is that really a good thing to do? We can even love money, but what does that get us. The Bible tells us. (Ecclesiastes 5:10) "Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness." There is a lot of wisdom in that short verse. Let's consider what God is saying to us. If we are committed to money so that we choose to put money first in our lives, then we will nev...