Hoarding is idolatry

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flossenb%C3%BCrg_Bonhoeffer_B%C3%BCste.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:left;"><img alt="English: Flossenbürg Concentration Camp: Memor..." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="525" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flossenb%C3%BCrg_Bonhoeffer_B%C3%BCste.JPG/350px-Flossenb%C3%BCrg_Bonhoeffer_B%C3%BCste.JPG" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="350" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 350px;">English: Flossenbürg Concentration Camp: Memorial Bust of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer inside the chapel (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flossenb%C3%BCrg_Bonhoeffer_B%C3%BCste.JPG" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <blockquote> <br /> “Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected. In the wilderness God gave Israel the manna every day, and they had no need to worry about food and drink. Indeed, if they kept any of the manna over until the next day, it went bad. In the same way, the disciple must receive his portion from God every day. If he stores it up as a permanent possession, he spoils not only the gift, but himself as well, for he sets his heart on accumulated wealth, and makes it a barrier between himself and God. Where our treasure is, there is our trust, our security, our consolation and our God. Hoarding is idolatry.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Cost-Discipleship-Dietrich-Bonhoeffer/dp/0020838506%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Ddreawarreco-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0020838506" rel="amazon" target="_blank" title="The Cost of Discipleship">The Cost of Discipleship</a></blockquote> <div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"> <h4 class="zemanta-related-title"> Related articles</h4> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://wdednh.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/15617/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/noimg_102_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://wdednh.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/15617/" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Boldly Intolerant God of Dietrich Bonhoeffer</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://www.bobcornwall.com/2012/09/the-collected-sermons-of-dietrich.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/111561321_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://www.bobcornwall.com/2012/09/the-collected-sermons-of-dietrich.html" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- A Review</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://billwalker.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/bonhoeffer-on-the-question-of-individual-salvation-and-the-churchs-place-or-mission-in-society-today/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/109374300_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://billwalker.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/bonhoeffer-on-the-question-of-individual-salvation-and-the-churchs-place-or-mission-in-society-today/" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bonhoeffer on the Question of Individual Salvation and the Church's Place or Mission in Society "Today"</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://childwithinus.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-energy-of-gatzo-is-salve-that-will.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/345530595_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://childwithinus.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-energy-of-gatzo-is-salve-that-will.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The energy of GATZO is the salve that will recognise and heal the child within. 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Hoarding is idolatry

English: Flossenbürg Concentration Camp: Memorial Bust of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer inside the chapel (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “Ea...

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