Megan, one of our podcast listeners writes in to ask this, Pastor John, I have a confession.

I love stuff and I am very materialistic.

I buy things online and get a thrill and buying as well as getting things in the mail.

I know I need to stop this and I want to stop this, but how do I?

And why do I do this in the first place?

What do you say to Megan?

I have tasted enough of what Megan is talking about that I think I can speak with some sense

of empathy.

Even though for me, the temptation is almost entirely restricted to books as you can imagine.

I love to look at Amazon.

I mean, I love to click immediately on some new, like Doug Sweeney, Jonathan Edwards, the

exegy to hasten the day, right?

Yes.

Absolutely.

And I just love to click one click be here in two days because I'm an Amazon Prime

guy.

And when the doorbell rings and the FedEx guy is walking down the sidewalk, their rise

is up in me.

The kind of euphoria that I'm going to get to open a box and in is going to be a book.

I mean, I think I know what she's talking about.

I mean, for her, it may be clothing.

I don't know what it is for her, but she likes stuff and books are stuff.

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