#31dbc! Only one more day of the October Blogging Challenge! The month has gone by fast, fall will soon turn to winter, Christmas shopping is in full swing for most by now. We are turning to a season of love and thankfulness...

Simple thought? Sure. We were created in His image. To worship the God of the universe and to love our neighbor as ourselves. (Mark 12:31)

But so many times “THINGS” get in the way and we get this all turned around. We love our THINGS so much so that we take them everywhere we go. We can’t live without them.

A good example is the cell phone. There really was a time in life we lived without this small electronic gadget…and survived! Today is an entirely different story. We rise in the morning and it is either the first thing we unplug from the charger or the first we plug into, if the iPad was charging through the night! We carry it with us all throughout the day, take it with us to lunch and dinner, carry it in our pocket or purse and then back to bed with us at night.

Is the cell phone sinful? Of course not. But we sure do love it! We cannot do without it!

Do we use people for our personal gain? If we know that they can help get us a raise or promotion? Yes, we all do it even if it is subtle, we are guilty.

But Jesus said to do unto others as you would have them treat you…

“Do to others as you would like them to do to you. If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them!  And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you get credit? Even sinners do that much! And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, why should you get credit? Even sinners will lend to other sinners for a full return.” Luke 6:31-34 NLT.

Let us be careful today to get these in the right order:

Love People and Use Things, according to His Word!

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 NIV.