Rules to live by
'DO NOT LIVE...UNTHINKINGLY...'
Ephesians 5:17
Here are three to live by each day:
1) be grateful! Happiness is not about
getting what you want, it is about enjoying what you have! So keep your
perspective and be grateful every day. Rudyard Kipling said, 'Do not
pay too much attention to fame, power or money. Some day you will meet
a person who cares for none of these, then you will know how poor you
are.'
2) do not compare! When you see your
neighbours buying new furnishings for their home, taking expensive
holidays and driving new cars, does something stir inside you to do the
same? Because someone appears to be in similar circumstances to you,
does not mean anything. Your neighbours might earn twice as much. Or
they may be in debt up to their eyeballs; or be three quarters of the
way to bankruptcy or divorce court. Do not make assumptions and do not
try to be like someone else.
3) give! Bruce Larsen says, 'Money is
another pair of hands to heal, feed and bless the desperate families of
the earth. In other words, money is my other self.' But that is true
only if you are willing to part with it! Money's like manure; if you
let it pile up it stinks, if you spread it around it helps things grow!
Jesus said, 'Everyone to whom much is given, of him will much be
required.' Money gives you options the less fortunate can only dream
about. On the other hand, how you use your money will be one of the
biggest issues you will face on Judgement Day. Think about it!
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