Jesus was Homeless

The love of money is what ruins the world. Many people today are consumed with a disease know as, Materialism. People are constantly thinking that in order to be happy they must obtain a lot of money and buy material possessions. However, this is very untrue. We need family and friends to be happy. We need good, healthy relationships to be happy. Above all we need God to be happy. We are living in a very lost world and that seriously needs to change.
About a month and a half ago I went down to Columbus to help homeless people with my youth group. As I was driving down there all I could think of was how badly I wanted to go home. I though about what these homeless people would be like and I found that I already had my own preconceived notions of them. I thought they were dirty, disgusting bums who didn’t care enough to do anything with their lives. I turned out to be very wrong. I met with these people and they were amazing. I found that we had much in common and they were extremely loving and caring. You may be asking yourself, “Why is this being brought up when this essay is supposed to be about how the world has become ruined by the love of money?” Well, these people helped me to really believe that material possessions aren’t important. Those people had literally nothing except for one thing; God. They had God. Even though they had no homes, raggedy clothing, and hardly any food, they still had amazing love for God. Love for God that I wish I had. They taught me a lot and I can’t thank them enough.
It says in the Bible that we are to not love the world or the things in it (1 John 2:15). So what is everybody getting so confused about? It is clearly stated in the Bible that we are not to love the world, but we are, however, to put our faith and love in God. In other words, we shouldn’t allow material possessions run our lives. Letting one’s life revolve around buying useless possessions is a very bad thing. They’re just filling some kind of void in their life. They’re allowing something come before God. Don’t get me wrong, everyone is guilty of being materialistic at one time or another, even myself, but I’m trying to leave the mindset of loving money. Perhaps more people in the world should also take this approach.
I’m not trying to say that people who live this way are completely terrible. I’m sure that a lot of them have great hearts and are capable of so much more than living materialistically. I don’t hate money. Money is a necessity. Yes, I think that it is. We need monay to eat, buy clothing, pay bills. But even though it may be needed in some aspects of our lives, that doesn’t mean that we are to love it. Our world is extremely greedy and self-centered. We only seem to want to make ourselves happy and the way we do it is through shopping for unneeded items. The item that is truly needed is God. God will show us how to live our lives tha way that they are meant to live an more. He’ll help us see the world for what it truly is. He’ll help us to change. And best of all, He’ll never stop loving us.
I no longer care about my cell phones condition. I’m fine with having a phone that is five years old and is not in the best condition. I no longer care about my Ipod. It’s broken. I have no headphones for it. It.s the first one ever made. I have become a relatively cheap person who searches for bargains wherever I go shopping for something I need. I have an idea. Let’s sell the things we don’t need, get rid of the mindset we’re stuck in, and rethink our way of life. Let’s live as if we were homeless. After all, Jesus was homeless.