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When Did I Get So Attached?

            If you ask me, I think I’m pretty detached from money, status and things of the world.   After all, I gave up having my nails done so I could give that money to a charity.   I only buy clothes on sale.   I spend way less money than most of my friends.   I can always tell myself that I am doing better than others.  But how am I doing really?  I needed someone to challenge me.               I got that challenge in the way of a Bible study I am taking that is asking me to consider the ways I indulge myself way too much.   It’s been a wake-up call to the discrepancy between what I think I believe and what I live out.   So far, I have far more food items in my kitchen than others (I have just two people at home, and I don’t even have a pantry); my clothing number is higher than I guessed and much higher than the leader. ...