When we read 1-Timothy 6:3-8 we can pick out some characteristics of people that seem to engulf all aspects of our lives. We may even be contributors. Our churches are not immune from this. We see these locally, nationally and internationally. They are at the root of the problems in our lives and in the world. The list begins: conceit, a craving for controversy and disputes about words, envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions, wrangling, mindful depravity, untruthfulness. St. Paul writes to Timothy that these do not, "agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is in accordance with godliness." We are called to love one another and as St. Paul reminds us as we try to control this natural life, "for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it;" Man's attempt to control up to death is folly and a huge distraction to a meaningful relationship with our creator God, that can be enjoyed here and now and holds the greatest treasure achievable.
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