Brand Names

When I was growing up, my mother, a widow and living on my father's social security and Veteran's pension, always bought groceries at the first of the month. I remember that is the one time of the month we ate fresh fruit. Toward the end of the month, our meals would consist of a lot of beans and rice. We never bought anything that was brand named.  Whether it was mayonaise or meat, everything was bought according to the lowest price.  I don't think we ever bought Blue Bell ice cream until the older kids got jobs and it was a big deal to have it. 

After I got married one of our first arguments was over toilet paper.  I would buy the cheapest on the shelf instead of the
top dollar four-ply, hand-stitched name brand product. But after that argument I started buying Charmin. There are still times that I find myself having to comparison shop when I buy groceries (except for toilet paper). But on those occasions when I reach for a container of rocky road Blue Bell ice cream and put it in my buggy, I never do it without feeling very blessed.

Actually, there is a reason people are willing to pay more for brand names: brand names usually offer a better product, and therefore give savings in the long run. Every brand claims to offer the best value for your money. Usually only experience will teach you what brands you can trust.

There is a name that has been tested and proven that you can trust....the name of Jesus, it means Savior.

Phillipians 2:9-11 says Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord.