journal/MONEY CAN'T BUY ME LOVE PT II

In chapter 12 of John's GOSPEL-we find Mary anointing Jesus's feet with very expensive perfume-and WE FIND-the 12 apostles-and particularly Judas-the treasurer-questioning Jesus on the expense

Jesus responds:  "the poor you will have ALWAYS-but me you will NOT always have

Dear Lord-often we have to live frugally either by choice or economic necessity-HELP US to
recognize those times-when we need to STEP outside of ourselves and LOVE EXTRAVAGANTLY

Jesus had not much time left-and HE recognized the IMPORTANCE of that

IT is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in God's LOVE for us!-and our attempt to GIVE and LOVE back in
WHATEVER WAY WE CAN














WITNESS




June 1^st, 2013




MONEY CAN’T BUY ME LOVE---PART II




A favorite move of mine
Was a movie called,
“CAN’T BUY ME LOVE”
With a young Patrick Dempsey


It was about
A nerdy high school boy
Paying the most popular girl
In school-to be his girlfriend
So he can become popular


She became
His paid for girlfriend
He becomes popular
And turns into a complete jerk


And she winds up
Despising him
And turns the whole school
Against him


MONEY CAN’T BUY ME LOVE


In life
If we are good-looking
We can buy fame
We can
Even buy sex


But we CAN’T BUY
True love


We can’t buy
True affection


And that
Is what is so great
About our God
We don’t have to


HE MADE US
He loves us
He KNOWS every strength
And every weakness
That we have


He knows
EVERY flaw
In your character
And yet
HE LOVES YOU ANYWAY


Money can’t
BUY ME LOVE
And it
Doesn’t have to


God loves you
FOR WHO YOU ARE


But what do you LOVE MORE
Is it God
Or is it money


“For where your treasure is
There your heart
Will also be” Matthew 6:21


“NO ONE can serve two masters
Either he will hate the one
And love the other
Or he will be devoted
To the one
And despise the other
YOU CANNOT SERVE
BOTH GOD AND MONEY” Matthew 6:24


Where does your treasure lie?
Which master do you serve?


Don’t get me wrong
Having money
Is NOT a sin


We all need money
To live


But the love of money
Putting money above people
Above God-Above family-IS


“For the LOVE OF MONEY
Is a ROOT of all kinds of evil
Some people-eager for money
Have wandered from the faith
And pierced themselves with many griefs” 1 Timothy 6:10


“MONEY CAN’T BUY ME LOVE”


For the record
In the movie-“CAN’T BUY ME LOVE”
The young man
Figures out
What a fool he has been
And the MOST popular girl in school
Actually does FALL IN LOVE with him


Fame and fortune
Can never buy real love


But sincerity-honesty-loyalty-and goodness
Being genuine
Being real
Being kind-CAN


And these things
Are qualities of LOVE
And ALL these things
Are qualities of GOD


“No one has ever seen God
But if we can love one another
God LIVES in us
And his love
Is made COMPLETE in us” 1 John 4:12


GOD IS REAL
SO IS LOVE


Robert P. Wallman
2-25-13




Ps June 1^st, 2013




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