{"id":60,"date":"2021-11-19T07:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T12:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=60"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:40:47","slug":"earthly-possessions-dazzle-our-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=60","title":{"rendered":"Earthly Possessions Dazzle Our Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Morning! \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Then He said to them, &#8216;Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.'&#8221;\u00a0 -Luke 12:15 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never does our life consist of our possessions. Yet so often we judge people, or we become less than a desirable person over possessions in one form or other. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrying to satisfy one\u2019s desires with possessions is like putting out a fire with straw.\u201d\u00a0 -Confucius \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEarthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the time they are the very source of anxiety.\u201d\u00a0 -Dietrich Bonhoeffer <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dad Joke of the Day: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do they allow loud laughing in Hawaii or just a low ha? \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a great Friday and an even better weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning! \u00a0 &#8220;Then He said to them, &#8216;Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.&#8217;&#8221;\u00a0 -Luke 12:15 \u00a0 Never does our life consist of our possessions. 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