He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possession spread over the land. Job 15:29 NIV Bible
I have been reluctant to get a newer type of phone. I have clung to my flip phones, thinking that they have kept me humble. I didn't need any of the modern phones like those who have them, or covet them!
Well, I wasn't aware of what a really eye-opening experience unfolded for me recently, related to phones and my humility. I really loved my old flip phone that had voice texting capabilities. It broke, and I tried to buy another. The thing is, that company doesn't make the flip phones with voice texting anymore. I even went to another store, but although it had the capabilities for voice texting, I didn't have the basic requirements for that feature to work.
I had a younger relative, hoping to move me into the 21st Century. Although he calmly supported me, in ways far beyond his years, he gently encourage me to get a more modern phone. I kept telling him, "No, I have to go through what I have to go through, and grieve the loss of the ability to get a flip phone with this feature, because I will be willing to contemplate getting a more modern phone!" Although it probably sounds silly, that's really what I said, and that's really what I felt. I felt I was clinging to a phone that kept me humble, but in reality, if you read the underlined portion above, I loved my old flip phone. So of late, the Lord has had it on my heart, that if I love a flip phone, even if I think it's keeping me humble, it really isn't, because I'm loving a worldly possession. And my loves should be reserved for the Lord God, and for my family, and those less fortunate in the world.
