Scripture

Some who are poor pretend to be rich; others who are rich pretend to be poor.

~Proverbs 13:7, NLT

Quote

The real measure of wealth is how much we would be worth if we lost all our money.

~John Henry Jowett

I am in Proverbs on Wednesday and also at Breakfast and the Bible. This week we are dealing with both riches and poverty. Proverbs has a lot to say about stewardship. I’m not talking about money alone. How do we spend our time? How do we manage our resources? How faithful are we to use our gifts? Stewardship involves all of life.  Dr. Warren Wiersbe says something that I totally agree with; “Each of us has to discover what financial level God wants us to maintain.” We are not all created to be rich, and wealth can make life more complicated.  It can also create turmoil, bitterness and anxiety. June’s will reads: “Being of sound mind and body, I spent it all.” June’s father taught her not to save food for people who are not at the table. In most cases, they either don’t show up, or they have already eaten and the food will go to waste. She and I spend no time worrying about what our kids we do when they inherit our wealth. They will be fortunate if they don’t inherit the bills, and I am not taking about twenty dollar bills.

Someone said, “Money is not everything but it will keep your children in touch.” One laywer said, “Where there is a will, there will be relatives.” Trust me friend, the lawyer was speaking from experience. Proverbs 13:8 reads, “The rich can pay a ransom for their lives, but the poor won’t even get threatened.” Why would anyone hold a poor man for ransom? He can go to bed and rest peacefully, he has nothing to worry about; it is the rich and famous that get kidnapped for ransom. You get the point, thieves are much more apt to break into a nice home than a hovel. June has always said, “If they break in here to steal something, they will feel so bad about what we have that they will go home and bring us something instead.” There are advantages both ways {rich or poor} so don’t worry, just be content with what you have, but for goodness sake, be real. Don’t act like a beggar when you have a fortune. On the other hand, don’t pretend to be rich when you are not. Don’t worry about keeping up with the neighbors, and avoid debt if possible. Debt will become your master. Money makes a great servant but it is a horrible master.

Extra

I retired early last night so I had to ask June about the weather. She said it was not bad and we did get a good rain, which we needed. I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for reading the blog.

Keith Turney’s dad did get to moved to Summerford. LORD willing, I will be visiting the nursing homes today.

Extra/Extra

I had a thought this week: has the vap hurt the tobacco industry? You would think it has but no so. The tobacco industry mitigated the negative impact by quickly taking a market share of this new and popular way of smoking. Whereas vapor is not as offensive as cigaretter smoke, vaping is more harmful to the ones using it. We all know they contain marijuana but what else? Here is a list: