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"...if we look like our lives are devoted to getting and maintaining things, we will look like the world, and that will not make Christ look great. He will look like a religious side-interest that may be useful for escaping hell in the end, but doesn’t make much difference in what we live and love here. He will not look like an all-satisfying treasure. And that will not make others glad in God." -- page 108 of "Don't Waste Your Life" by John Piper

Ouch. My life is WAY too much about getting and maintaining things. The more "stuff" I have to maintain, the less time/energy/resources I will have to bring Christian joy into the lives of others. The call for a simple life makes more sense to me with each passing day.