The Gospel According to WALL-E: The Story of Stuff

Watching the Story of Stuff really opened my eyes to what happens to our "stuff." How many times do we take what we have and simply stop using it when we get tired of it, not because it's old or worn out, but simply because something new has replaced it. For example, when the iPod first came out, everyone needed to have one. A few years later, a newer model replaced it and, before you know it, every one was discarding their "old" iPods and jumping at the next, newer model.

It really struck me when she made the point about how we're constantly in a big cycle of buying, using, getting bored, repeat. We then start to work more to fuel our new habit of buying useless junk and, before we know it, we're too tired to use it.

Spiritually, that's how we treat God sometimes. Sure, we don't "buy" God, but we're so excited and on this big spiritual high and then, pretty soon, life comes at us again and, before we know it, we're kicking God to the curb for something new and different. We realize that the thing we put in our lives to take God's place isn't good for us, so then the cycle repeats. Spirtual high to spiritual low.