Pop Goes the Wallet

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