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Ready to change priorities?
The June 27 Spokesman-Review featured an article in which we were told that University of Washington football coach Steve Sarkisian is being paid $2.5 million. Meanwhile, many teachers are forced to work extra jobs to make ends meet.
What is wrong with this picture? In our pursuit of entertainment, we have left behind more important matters. While firefighters and other public servants are forced to do more with less, billions of dollars are being shelled out so that you can satisfy your various lusts in theaters and elsewhere.
II Timothy 3:4 says that people will be “lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.” Are you included in this group? Does your life consist of seeking the next thrill? Are you willing to forgo pleasures in order to donate that otherwise wasted money to a worthy cause?
Many of us do an awful lot of complaining about what is going wrong in society. Here is your chance to do something about it.
Douglas R. Benn
Spokane