dirt

Study study study study study.

Why?

To get good grades.

Why?

To get a good job.

Why?

To get lots of money.

But why?

...... good question.

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"You did a good job switching majors. You'll definitely get a lot more money since you're doing engineering now." "Angie, you should consider biomedical engineering. Some of the starting salaries are at $60,000!" "초롱아, you know my friend did electrical engineering and went to law school, and now she makes $120,000 a year. You should do that too." "Hey, I hear environmental engineers' pays are getting higher and higher every year, maybe you should switch into that."

Do this. Do that. And you'll get $_______. And you'll be happy.

I know they're looking out for what's in my best interest. But my best interest doesn't lie in money. I don't care how much I'll make in a year five, ten, twenty years from now. I just need to be comfortable, and that doesn't really require much. I don't really care about being rich. I don't care if I never end up making six figures in my lifetime. I'm sick of how deeply in love the world is with money; I refuse to become a slave to it. I don't want my security to depend on how much I have in my bank account.

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you."

- Hebrews 13:5

After all, as Pastor Joe said... in heaven, the streets are made of gold. Yeah. The streets, the pavement, the ground to be walked on and stepped all over, are made of gold. There are things in heaven that are worth so much more than the gold that we so love and idolize here on earth.

So why are we wasting our time worshiping the very dirt of heaven?