"Again, 'you must be willing to live simply, frugally, and contentedly within his income.' If you need a lot of 'stuff' to be happy, you will probably not be happy in a truly traditional marriage."
It's a great point. It sounds harsh to say, but: With greed, the same as with pride, perhaps--with sufficiently great sin, there is no possibility that anything will be great enough to satisfy our ego's demands, in the real world. If we have a big enough pride problem, no amount of real-world accomplishments, even if we are truly accomplished, will make our real-world significance equal to our towering self-regard. If we have a big enough greed problem, no amount of money and possessions we can ever hope to amass will be equal to our insatiable appetite.
But wealth is fleeting and ultimately unsatisfying anyway.
"Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare . . . ."
"Again, 'you must be willing to live simply, frugally, and contentedly within his income.' If you need a lot of 'stuff' to be happy, you will probably not be happy in a truly traditional marriage."
It's a great point. It sounds harsh to say, but: With greed, the same as with pride, perhaps--with sufficiently great sin, there is no possibility that anything will be great enough to satisfy our ego's demands, in the real world. If we have a big enough pride problem, no amount of real-world accomplishments, even if we are truly accomplished, will make our real-world significance equal to our towering self-regard. If we have a big enough greed problem, no amount of money and possessions we can ever hope to amass will be equal to our insatiable appetite.
But wealth is fleeting and ultimately unsatisfying anyway.
"Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare . . . ."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy%206&version=NKJV