Daily Bible Reading Contact Us churches of Christ Lauds Links Vol. Most men are aware that there comes a time in their life when they just cannot resist the temptation to go to a car dealership and buy a new car.
Men can find everything wrong with the old one, when a new one is a possibility.
We try to convince our wives that the old jalopy is wearing out from the inside out and from the outside in and that it is time to purchase a new one. We all can remember the thrill of that new car, house or sofa. New things soon lose their novelty. It is used metaphorically of anything transitory, frail, unsatisfying, in contrast to permanent. Copyright 2000 Louis Rushmore.