Worn out or Well Used
When my husband was in seminary, he had a professor who said that many Americans were neophiliacs. We all have seen many perhaps even ourselves taken by all that is new and pretty instead of the old tried and true. A large number of us would have to admit that we are lovers of the new validating the professor's category. Recently my husband took his faded worn out jeans to have a knee repaired.The cost of the repair would have gone a long way towards buying a new pair. I said nothing as he reminded me that these were his favorite. Since I would have purchased a replacement pair long ago, I quietly shook my head in wonder as he told me his plan. This morning he told me of another possession that is wearing out. His Bible needs to be rebound. This is the second Bible that has needed this attention.. Most of us rarely wear out anything, certainly not jeans and 2 Bibles. I'm sure if I could accurately examine my husband's past wardrobe I'd find many things that stood ...