This is not my money...
2009-06-29||4:48 p.m.
I only have 10 minutes to write this before I have to leave work. So these past Sundays we've been watching a video series called "the Blessed Life". The topic has been about finances. Now I think I know all there is to know about finances. My parents are both financial counselors, and they have been wroking in this field for more than 10 years. I started working with my mom when I was 16, and I worked with a credit counseling agency for 7 years. So when we started watching these videos, I didn't really pay attention. I knew and understood most of the things he talked about. But a few things really stood out to me, such as "bringing" your tithes insteading of "giving". One thing that really got to me and that I have forgotten about was that the money I have is NOT my money. I know God has always provided for me. He has always been there to give me a job. But when I got my paycheck, I always felt like I earned it. It's not that I didn't bring my tithes to the church and thanked God for what God has given to me. But I still felt ownership of the money I had. And I've been upset that I have been getting very little at the job I have now.
Because the money given to me is not mine, then everything I own is not mine either. I definitely understand that now, since I felt like I lost everything when I got my purse stolen. So it's not that I'm trying to get everything that is rightfully mine. I still need some form of identification. But I am starting to learn that the things I have are not mine, and the money I have is not mine. I don't have much, and I'm losing more with all the bills I have to pay nowadays. But nwo I know and understand more why that happened to me, and i have to understand that nothing is my own. I have to learn to use it wisely, or else I will not be trusted with true treasure - people. [to be continued]
