A thought by Kyle Idleman, (2015-10-01) from his book, The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins (Kindle Location 1284). David C. Cook. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Think about when you are hungry and you sit down and you eat and you consume and after about 30 minutes you lose your appetite but if you wait for about 4 hours you feel empty, you will be hungry again. Take that over into stuff. Kyle says, “In consumerism, we (of course) buy into the concept that our personal sense of fulfillment is directly related to our ever-increasing consumption of goods. A simpler way of saying it: if I feel a little down, I need to consume a little more. Late at night, when I lie in bed and feel emptiness, that’s just life telling me that someone somewhere has this new thing that I don’t yet have. Life is a cycle of ceaseless upgrading of inventory.” Kyle quotes Mother Teresa who said this, “T
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