Money. you had to know that this was the next stop. let me start off by saying one thing, "I hate money." As a child it was something that I never understood. You take these round, metal, flat disks and exchange them for stuff.I can remember quite vividly my mom driving to Corbin Dairy Drive-In to pick up some milk. My brothers and I wanted to get an ice cream but Mom said we didn't have enough money. "Hey Mom, why don't you just write a check?" Well, that's all we knew about money and sometimes I feel that what that's all I know.
News headlines and the airwaves are laden with reports of financial crises plaguing the housing market, the auto industry and in California we're looking at a growing budget deficit that could possibly bankrupt the state by February. At home it has been equally difficult. Record-high gas prices, soaring utility bills, insuring a single, male driver and repairing and cleaning up after a broken kitchen pipe have also impacted us here at home. Needless to say money has been on my mind a lot. By the way, did I mention that I hate money?
When you think about the Bible and money, what comes to your mind? "You cannot serve God and money" (Luke 16:13), "the love of money is the root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:10)? I've taken classes and heard sermons on stewardship (that's Bible-speak for money) and know that all things belong to God and that He has entrusted them to us to use for His glory. If God provides all things, then why do we have money?
I know that there's probably a million answers out there. I never took an economics class and I know that I'll never be a millionaire. Right now I can hear Sam Cooke's Wonderful World as I write this. In the end the most important thing is Love God and pursue a relationship with Him.
"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you." Matthew 6:33
