recent years, we still live in a very materialistic society. Believers in the United States and other industrialized societies have very high standards of living compared to the rest of the world. The familiar conveniences and comforts, not to mention new products and services, lull us into a sense of ease and convince us that we can’t live without them. Our daily lives so readily revolve around possessions—cars, computers, furniture, appliances, financial investments. We all are tempted to fall