About ten years ago on an October Wednesday evening, I was standing at the back of the Marvin UMC in downtown Tyler, Texas. We were about to begin the processional for the annual community Rose Festival service and I leaned over and asked the father of that year’s Rose Queen, “What do you do?” He replied, “I own three businesses.” He paused a moment and then said, “Actually, they own me.”
Sometimes it seems our possessions possess us. Sunday’s message is “It’s Never Enough,” from Ecclesiastes 5:10-20. One of the most popular cable television programs today is “Hoarders.” The A & E show focuses on persons who suffer from possession obsession or collection compulsion. It is not uncommon.
