Naah I'm good
This week's verses are Revelation 3:17-19 : Because you say, “I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked, take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see! All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent! These verses are part of God's message for the early Christian church in Laodicea. The Laodiceans were a wealthy people in what is now modern day Turkey. They were so wealthy that when they were hit with a big earthquake and Rome's equivalent of FEMA offered to pay to rebuild, they basically told them "Naah, we're good" and paid for the whole thing themselves. As a church they probably suffered a bit from the sense all fortunate people get when they reflect on their w...