No. 60 Unshop

Then someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”…

If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasures in heaven; then come and follow me. Matthew 19:21, Mark, 10:21, Luke 12:33, Luke 18:22

I suppose the two things I love about God the most are His sense of humor and His timing.
At Christmastime we shop till we drop so we can give birthday presents to baby Jesus who lives in the hearts of our friends and family.

The first issue of The Mark was home-made books I made as Christmas gifts. I listed each command in disciplined sequence to write about.
When the book became a blog, during the biggest shopping week of the year I had to tell my readers that if they wanted to succeed they should sell everything. I suppose that included Christmas presents. That was a funny coincidence!

But maybe, just maybe, this is the Christmastime command after-all.

When Jesus Christ left the throne room of God to become a naked baby, He divested himself of all he had in order to gain the treasure of our souls.

As God divested Himself of His majesty, let’s divest ourselves of not only of wealth, but of the false self that wealth gives us, i.e. pride and ego.

This is the spirit behind the Mark. Ready, aim, shoot.