 The Lottery has invaded our house. Here's how: Our insurance agent sends birthday cards to his clients. With the card is a scratch off lottery ticket. This month Darling Bride got a ticket and won $20.00. When I cashed it in for her at the grocery store, I also bought some groceries, and had $2.00 left over to buy 2 chances in the Hoosier Lottery.
That's when things went wrong. The Hoosier Lottery was up to $53 million dollars. I started thinking about what we'd do with the money: pay off debts, buy a new car withput rust, invest in growth stock mutual funds with a 10 year track record of 12% return, buy a homesteading farm, take vacations, buy clothes, tithe like crazy, buy a vacation home in Michigan, never worry about making ends meet again, and generally live the good life of a relaxed homeschooling family that doesn't have to work for a living.
The idolotry and non-dependence upon God kicks in. I start thinking about Wednesday night's drawing more than I think about God, Jesus, the Bible, my church, my wife, my kids, my job, my cat, our praying manis, and our cricket colony. I fantasize about the big check, the fame, the fortune...
Imagine! There are people who do this everyday with their grocery money. What a mess! I can't live this way.
After next week I'll stop. I matched two of the six numbers, so I won a free ticket for this weekend's drawing. |
