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written by Stephan Joubert

Experts say that one of the biggest dangers staring modern society in the face is our endless consumer mentality. Too many people are like bottomless pits that need to constantly satisfy the one desire after the other… and then today still. Tomorrow is way too late, because tomorrow there’s already a new CD, cell phone, automobile, or set of clothes that need to be acquired. How true wasn’t this in the festive season just past? It was barely over, and people descended on every possible sale like vultures to buy even more. Our closets are taking strain. Our houses are stacked, and still the end is not in sight!

Tragic that the abundance of things became the measuring stick for success in our day. But the question still remains: When is enough enough? One can walk around in only one set of clothes at a time, and drive around in only one car at a time. Are the lives of consumers truly filled with peace when they have all the right things on their name? No, because I suspect they are still drinking at the wrong well. Living water is found elsewhere — at Jesus’ well of life. His type of water gives life eternally.