when i’m wrong i’m wrong

So this is one of my least favorite things to do…admit that I’m wrong.

With trepidation, but honesty I say, ‘I’m wrong’.

I’ve come off as an arrogant, elitist ass. I thought about the previous post series today. It didn’t feel clean and I didn’t like where it was going. That is until Herman’s post yesterday. I believe he succinctly encapsulated the discussion and offered real Biblical insight.

Everett is completely correct in saying I have attacked what I assume to be the opinion of the responders. (Definitely not a good way to maintain readership!) My original intent was to damn our cult of money. I am surrounded by day traders and the like who seem to have but one goal in life which is to amass more money. The talk in the office is nothing but how to make the most money through whatever means possible then retire and lay on a beach.

I began thinking about it all. In made me sick. I wanted to reach into my savings account and give it all away so I didn’t have to look at it, think of it, or touch that which has drove its roots so deep into the hearts, minds and core of our being as to usurp the One we should be worshipping.

Our society seems so ready to heap glory upon him who amasses huge amounts of cash no matter how he does it. We praise celebrity. We worship buying power. I couldn’t help but feel as though I wanted to burn it all to the ground. Instead I began researching so I could understand the very thing I despised. I wanted to see where it was we took a wrong turn if you will.

All this to say, your well thought out ideas, where as they do not necessarily align with mine, were right on the money. It is us, not the system that is the problem. Objects, like economic systems, are not inherently good or bad per se; humans with our sinful nature stain its blank slate. The point is we are to serve one God, the Almighty who is and was and is to come.

With your permission I will end the discussion of the economic systems. You may, if you wish, continue to post and discuss as you please, but I will be moving into another direction with the following entries. I loved the discussion and hope you guys learned as much as I. Herman, I appreciate the perfect period you set to end the long sentence.

Luke