The Zoo

Besides see interesting critters at the zoo you can also overhear really interesting conversations. Or be nosy which ever you prefer. As the girls and I were walking these 2 other moms were talking about buying another house. With the 200,000 profit they made on one house and the other 300,000 they had to put down that would leave them with a monthly mortgage of 3500/month. I am no mathematician but I think this new house must be huge and pricey. Well you may be asking yourself ...Ah so what ..people by expensive homes all the time. This is not the interesting part of the story.
While Casey and Ellie were getting our free snow cones..( yep free snow comes) these 2 same ladies and there girls were beginning to have lunch they prayed for their food and other things ..in Jesus name..Amen.. Have you ever had those moments of being ah that's cool and utter disgust in the same breath. It was cool they were thanking God for their food but they were talking about buying a really expensive house earlier. Obviously I know nothing about these people and perhaps they live a life style that is very simple but how can these 2 conversations happen with the same people. It seems to me a disconnect between a $3400 /month mortgage and being a follower of Jesus. It just does not seem to fit my understanding of the Kingdom view of Jesus and what it means to give to the poor and to love justice. It seems that these things are mutually exclusive of one another. Eat a snow cone and let me know what you think.