Too Much Is Never Enough

We've all done it...usually at Thanksgiving or maybe at your neighborhood cow trough, er, buffet place. You might even have done it at college parties or at the all you can eat steak place (guilty as charged).

Yes, it's the fine art of too much.

We live in America where there is no such thing as too much...especially if you live in Texas where "everything is bigger". We are a nation of consumers. We even have our own major holiday (Black Friday anyone???) not to mention several minor holidays (otherwise known as the greeting card holidays). We have the iPad, the iTouch, the iScream...yeah, so I made that one up. We have built a society where, no matter how much you have, somebody has more which means you are falling behind!

Here is what the Bible says about gluttony:

Listen, my son, and be wise,
and keep your heart on the right path.
Do not join those who drink too much wine
or gorge themselves on meat,
for drunkards and gluttons become poor,
and drowsiness clothes them in rags. -- Proverbs 23:19 - 21

What would happen if we stopped trying to win the race for the most stuff and got back to the basics? What if we quit buying things with money we don't have? What if we focused more on God and less on ourselves and the stuff our neighbors have?

I think that would make us wise and I think it would be easier to keep our hearts on the right path, on God's path for us. Maybe, just maybe, that would be enough.