Pop Goes the Wallet - A lesson on Saving, kinda
MY name is Rev. Adam
Fox, and I have an addiction. I am a lover of comics, the nerd life, and
lately, Funko Pop figures. (waits for crowd to say Hi Adam)
Over the last 5 years
or so, I have fell in love with comics. While I have always loved certain characters
and followed them at a distant. Lately I have been treating them like chips or
snacks. We all have our favorite snack, lately mine have been Goldfish and
Gummied Worms. You eat one or two and supposed to leave. Nope. Eat until your
stomach hurts, the American Way.
My girlfriend bout for
me on my birthday a subscription to Marvel Unlimited, a digital comics
database. I can read as much as I want all year, and I do. This has let me
rekindle the ove I have for Spider-man, Peter, Gwen, and Miles. As well as Dr
Strange, Mrs Marvel – Both Carol and Kamala, The New Avengers, The Secret
Avengers, What if, Special events… so much good reads.
And this passion has
let me show my passion off with posters, or witty shirts, and Funko Pops. Funko
makes little figures of many different characters from comics, to nerds genre,
to movie, to cartoons, to Disney, to WWE… and so forth. And I love them. I
really do. I do unbox them and play with them. I put them in different scenes
and have them act out things and so forth.
And One is not enough,
this company is great at targeting the niche of the niche. They have the big
name figures like Superman, like Captain America, the Disney Princesses, the
Stone Colds, to the many Doctors, even Political Canidates.
But Last night I went
looking for whats new and cool. And found so many. I saw Pops from the
Breakfast Club. SpiderVerse. Back to The Future and so forth. Boy did my eyes
widen. I wanted them. I wanted specific ones. I want Spiderman 2099, Black Suit
Peter. Venom. Carnage. Anti-Venom. AND Squirle Girl. Star Lord too. The I wants
got the best of me.
As a Christain, I
should not have the gimmies. But they come in so many shapes and sizes. Shoes.
Dresses and clothes. Cars. Status symbols. Phones and Tech. I guess even
partners. We are no different than the world in that way. Christians still get
in debt. They still buy things they do not need. They still are not smart with
money. But is that an excuse? Nope.
We cannot let our
hobbies, become our obsessions. We need to be smart about money and our time.
The Bible instructs us to be care with money and things.
Matthew 6:19-21 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures
on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys
and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.
1 Timothy 6:7-10 For we brought nothing into the world,
and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing,
with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into
temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge
people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds
of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the
faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for
either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the
one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Hebrews 13:5 Keep your life free from love of
money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave
you nor forsake you.”
Money was one of the
things Jesus talked the most about, so money and love of things apply here.
I do love my Comics and
my Pops but do I let it be my everything and obsession? No. Do I let the want
of more money be my driving force? No.
Be content with what you have.
I could have all the
Pops in the World and when I die, they will not come with me. And what bothers
me is the attitude is whoever dies with the most does not win. Jesus said in
Matthew 6 on the Sermon on the Mount that we should be invested in treasures in
Heaven.
To me, that means
giving back more. Spreading the Word so others can know about how much God
loves them. Sharing love with those that do not deserve it.
Will I still have my
Pops. Yeah. Am I going to go through my wish list on Amazon and delete a lot,
take that list of 20 down to 2-3, count on it!
Until next time.
Take Care, and Spike your Hair!
Pastor Adam
