“Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,’ and you do not know that you hare wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.”
Revelation 3:17
Hans Christian Anderson tells the tale of an emperor who lived for new clothes. He unwittingly hired two swindlers to make him a fantastic suit of clothes worthy of the emperor. It was to be a magical suit that was invisible to a man unworthy of his office but displayed in splendor and beauty on those of great worth. This, of course, appealed to the emperor’s pride. When the day came that the emperor’s new clothes were ready, he “put” them on and paraded through the city streets in the new “clothes.” All the people marveled at the new clothes until a wise child cried out, “But he has nothing on at all.” (More)
