Flattery Vs. Spoiling!

     Flattering your Gods/Goddesses with gifts or new items for your altar is always a good thing!  But over doing it, is not only costly but unnecessary!  If you over do it....they may come to expect such lavish gifts as payment...instead of a more modest one.  If you are supper poor and can't afford new things, used items, so long as they aren't candles or altar cloths, is fine.

     I'm really poor and on a tight budget.  So going to thrift stores to find offering cups, shot glasses, and objects for my altars, is how I afford to decorate my sacred space.  Some religions might tell you that you should only buy new things to put on your altars, and that is true for their religion and you should listen to your teacher first!  But if your studying a religion, without the need of a teacher, or those rules, most deities will understand if you are buying used things, so long as you are truly poor.  If you have a good job, and have paid all of your bills, then don't go buying used things just cause you are cheep.

     The Gods work tirelessly on our behalf, defending us, and granting our requests.  Don't shame them by being a cheep ass, if you have the money to spend.  Trust me, you can't hide from them, and they will know the difference between someone struggling for money, and someone who can just spend it!  It's the equivalent of giving your Mom a crappy card for her birthday, instead of a simple, yet nice gift.  Think about it, that is so long as you two have a good relationship, or for the examples sake, just pretend that you do!