Hmm... shopping today with the Hunt girls (Kayleen, Jamie, and me). I looked and looked for some Privos (a cheaper offshoot from Clarks that are super comfy and cute). I didn't find any that I liked or fit me at the mall, but I found these online and they were half price of the ones at the store! Perfect for working as a PT all day in the schools. I like our women shopping trips, mainly because I get to spend time with two quality women (or sometimes up to 4 if Grandma Brown and Amy Tuttle come too). I also got two shirts (Gap was having a buy one shirt get one free sale). I hung out with Alan for a little while before he went to work and then Nicole came over for a while this evening. We visited about many different things. It was a nice relaxing time.
But, I have questions... in light of the charity:water video I posted yesterday... what is okay? Is it okay to spend money on clothing if you don't NEED it when there are a billion people in the world without clean drinking water? Is it okay to buy things if you give some money away too, or is that just pacifying some need to feel like you are making a difference? Where is the line?
"Sell everything you have and give it to the poor."
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
"Is not this the kind of fasting that I have chosen... Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?"
I don't know.
Jesus, give me a heart to listen to you and care more about others than myself.
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I really enjoy reading about your life! :-)
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