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Ok, so I have a very long passage, which I am very sorry about.. I know it is irrelevant after like three lines or something.. But it's important that the entire passage is read or else it wouldn't have made much sense.. Anyways, so very long passage, very quick thought..

"You know very well, Jan, that what's hot one year may be cold the next," Roald said. "We've enjoyed five enlightening years. But enlightenment doesn't pay the mortgage. And the last time I checked, your mortgage was rather significant."
"I'm aware of the costs, my friend. Perhaps you forget that this story was bought with blood. With blood and five years in a prison that might leave you dead within a week. You may say what you like, but be careful how you say it!" Heat washed over his collar. Easy, Jan. You have no right to be so defensive.
Roald became very still. "I stand corrected. But you also should remember that this world's filled with people who don't share your sentiments toward God. People who committed the very atrocities you've written about. And don't forget, it was I who made this book possible in the first place. I'm not your enemy here. In fact, I've bent over backward to help you succeed. It was I who convinced you to publish your book in the United States. It was I who first persuaded the publisher to put some marketing muscle behind the book. It was even I who brought Karen on board."
"Yes indeed, you did. But it wasn't just you, Roald. It was the book. It was the priest's blood. It was my torture. It was God, and you should never forget that!"
"Of course it was God. But you can't just throw your own responsibility on God. We each play our part."
"Yes, and my part was to rot for five years in a prison, begging God to forgive me for beating a priest. What was your part?"
"I don't hear any complaints about the house. Or the car, or the rest of it, for that matter. You seem pretty comfortable now, Jan, and for that you may thank me and Karen."
"And I'd give it up in a word if it mocked the lives that purchased it."

Would you?

I may have this completely wrong.. But I do not think it is bad for us to have things, I do not think it is wrong for us to enjoy our things.. I do not think God wants us to be constantly moving to find out what He wants for us.. I think sometimes the place where we are supposed to make an impact is exactly where we are.. But when we worship our things.. When we are content and are not READY to move, or WILLING to move is when the problem occurs.. Do we know that Jesus paid the price for everything that we own.. Would we give it up in a second if He called us to? Would you go around the world if you had to, are your bags packed?