Christmas Shopping Beckons ....

“Money is a good servant but a poor master” goes the old saying – and yet a quick look at much decision making today seems to deny this, preferring to reflect the song lyrics from Cabaret that “Money makes the world go round”. Pick up many national newspapers or listen to any news broadcast and finance is a major focus – and yet by contrast the stories that grab the most attention are actually about relationships! Where do our priorities lie – with money or relationships?

 

Jesus was quite clear that the priority should be our relationships – his top two commandments were about loving God and loving our neighbour. And so when people from a wide spectrum – ages 0-100; artisans to professions; differing mother tongues and family connections across the globe – come together at church our emphasis is upon our relationships with God and with one another – and what joy we find! 

 

Obviously money has a role – but it is not so much the driving force as the constraint within which we must operate – and our experience is that whilst the thought of more money might appear attractive, in practice we can have a good time with the resources that we have. An expensive purchase that leaves us in debt is surely counter-productive. Which of us at some time or another has not received expensive gifts that have really brought us little joy?