We've all read lists of advice for consumers. Here's a summary of some main points:

• Resist impulse-buying.
• Read labels; don't be persuaded by slick packaging or jingles.
• Consider your budget, not just the price of an item.
• Give attention to the quality and probable life of the product.
• Compare and shop for price when it's reasonable to do so.

Now let's apply these principles to the Christian life, remembering that according to Isaiah 55, it is possible to be unwise spiritual consumers.

• Respond to God's faithfulness rather than to impulse.
• Read God's Word to evaluate the contents of your spiritual food and to find fulfillment in life.
• Take into account the "budget" the Lord has put you on by not taxing yourself beyond the grace He supplies.
• Don't settle for temporal pleasures and superficial relationships.

The wise man always compares the price of material values with the cost of spiritual values and concludes that only one brand is worth buying. It is the life produced by the Ultimate Manufacturer and...

This truth we all one day must face

Before the die of life is cast:

All things of time and things of space

Are temporal goods that will not last.

Wish you blessed days ahead Bloggers!

Sincerely,

Ophelia Jane Julia

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