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Article: What do you buy for the God who has everything?
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 28, 2003
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Apparently God is trying to tell me something.Earlier this
week, a tall, skinny, brown paper bag with a red-and-white sticker
attached to the front that said, "Shopping for God," arrived in the
afternoon mail.
That's a hint, right? Like a thunderbolt or burning bush?
A divine sign that says, "Thou shalt buy me a little something."
Now, I was taught that God doesn't care about material
possessions, that the quality of a person's heart and how we treat
one another is what pleases the Almighty. All the gold and precious
jewels in the world mean nothing compared to one lost lamb, right?
World peace obviously can't be bought, but I suppose an end to
world hunger and a cure for all ...