Better Stuff

In a post modern, consumer driven society (like the one we live in) it is all too common to watch as people scurry about trying to improve their "stuff".  You know, things like flat panel TV's, cars, houses...anything and everything material.  When I was younger, I never gave this any thought at all, sadly, but I find myself getting angry at the situation these days.  How dare advertisers try to trick and cajole us into buying things we don't need, I say to myself.  It may be a stretch to say that this is the work of the evil one but in a sense, it is.  Anything that takes us away from all that is good, either directly or indirectly, done deliberately or without thinking, is somethng that we must fight against. 

I must remember that what I need is not more or better stuff...I need to pray and draw closer to God.