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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, my name is Mark and I'm a Vicar in the Church of England in Middlesbrough
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If you've ever played a computer game with an inventory and consumable items
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things like potions and power-ups, you'll know the experience of saving them all for the right moment
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So you fill your inventory with a total healing potion or a scroll of ultimate fireball
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and you hold on to them until you really need them. And then you win the game. The credits roll, and in your character's inventory are all the power-ups and health potions you are saving for a special occasion, just sitting there, unused
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Jesus says that people's attitude to their own stuff is a bit like that
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People hoard up money and possessions, like they're some kind of dragon. And then they find, when they're about to die, they've got vast amounts of it, unused
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Jesus says in Luke's gospel, Now, Jesus is not saying just spend all your money on getting as much stuff or experience as possible
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He's definitely not saying bribe people to get into heaven. He's saying if someone's got wealth in this world, it's not so it can be hauled away
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It's so you can be spent on doing good for others. Don't hang on to your possessions
