Scripture Sunday - Love of Money

Happy Sunday  Morning

Sweet Friends

Here is the verse of the day!

 Keep your lives free from the love of money 

and be content with what you have, because

 God has said, “Never will I leave you; never 

will I forsake you.”  

Hebrews 13: 5


I think this is such an important verse,
because the bible tells us in
 1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds
 of evil. Some people, eager for money, have 
wandered from the faith and pierced them-
selves with many griefs.


The Key words here are "the love of money"
It's not the money,  it is the love of money
that is the problem.  

When we allow ourselves to have a love for

 money we put ourselves in a very vulnerable

 position. Because when people love money 

sometimes they will do anything to get it, 

which can lead to all sorts of bad things.

Like being a workoholic and neglecting

ones family, being up to our eyebrows in

 credit card debt and having to worrying 

all the time about how to pay for it, or 
maybe even having to file bankruptcy or 
loosing a home or vehicle due to being
 so overextended. We have all heard about
 the get rich quick schemes that totally

 backfire, leaving the person worse off than

 they were before. We once knew of a couple

who really loved the Lord and who were

very involved in their church and then they 

came into some money, and bought a new

 home and a boat they started going to church
less and less, until they weren't going at all, 
and the next thing we heard they were having 
bad marital problems and eventually they

wound up divorced, all the while their 
church family was trying to encourage

them back on track.  These are sad

stories and I could go on and on, but

I am sure you get the point.....

The second half of that verse is important 

to our well being, and it pretty much tells
 us how  NOT to have a love for money, 
and that is to be content with

 what you have..............

We are all blessed beyond measure just 

because we live in the United States, but
so many times we can forget how blessed
we are, and just have an ungrateful heart 
or we can start looking around at what 
others have and think somehow we have 
been short changed. When we start to get 
that mindset we really need to see it as a
 red flag, and ask the Lord to forgive us
 for that faulty thinking and to cleanse
 that right out of our hearts, cause we
are treading on dangerous territory if
left unchecked.  We also need to know
and remember that money does not
buy happiness or give us a good life,
God does!  How many wealthy people
have you see or heard about that are
miserable.......not that there is anything 
wrong or evil about being wealthy, be-
cause their isn't, there were some wealthy
and Godly men in the bible.....but if we
 fail to recognize where our blessings
truly come from and appreciate them,
then that is a problem, that the Lord
will not be too happy with.....
I believe that being thankful for all that 
God has blessed us with, is indeed,
the road map to being content.  

God is good.....He will never leave
 or forsake his children!  So our
God doesn't need to be the love
 of Money.....as God expects us
to do the best we can with what
we have....and that means being
  thankful for what we have and 
being a good steward of what 
He has given us........


Something to think about!!


Have a lovely Sunday,

Blessings, 
Nellie

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