Thursday, April 16, 2009

Show me your qwapp

What is it about having "qwapp" ... material possessions, things, belongings ... that makes having more qwapp seem so urgent and compelling?

Our culture tells us, and TV commercials are produced to make us believe, that owning qwapp is the one sure way to make us feel happy and fulfilled.  Look around ... who doesn't want more qwapp than they've already got?

So much qwapp's out there already, with so many choices of qwapp, that if having lots of qwapp hasn't already made you happy, the only possible reason can be that you haven't yet found the right qwapp to suit your lifestyle.  Because your qwapp needs to be as special and individualized as you are.

Which translates to communicating the compulsion to find and buy more qwapp.

See, what you really need is qwapp from the right designer, qwapp that makes a statement,  qwapp that's high tech, 3.0 and HD, qwapp that's easily financed with a qwapp credit card, qwapp that's trendoid, qwapp that's fearless and qwapp thata boldly proclaims, "Hey, look at me!  I'm all about qwapp!"

Ugh.  Think about qwapp means for a minute.

If you owned a private warehouse the size of Lake Michigan and kept it full of designer jeans, jewelry, sports cars, boats, gold coins, plasma TVs or whatever ... do ya think for one second that God would be impressed?

Do you think God would ever take a glance down at all your qwapp and whisper, "Hey.  I'll trade you the entire Andromeda galaxy for your cable-ready 72" plasma TV?"  

Would God ever see his reflection in somebody's new swimming pool and sigh, "Man, I'd sure like to have one of those at my house"?

Has God ever wished he could fly to Europe in his own jet, or view the world's oceans from the helm of his private 500-foot megayacht?  Has God ever stayed up nights wishing more people would tithe, so he could plunk down on a timeshare ... for summer vacations? 

Kinda doubt it.  Kinda doubt that God would ever be jealous of anyone's qwapp at all.  Nobody's.  Not matter how much qwapp they owned.

After all, it's called qwapp for a reason.

Makes me wonder why having lots of qwapp seems so important, compared to the things God told us are important ... and why so many folks believe that getting lots of qwapp is necessary to make them feel like "Life Is Worth It."