Are You A Have Or A Have Not...What Is Your Relationship With Money?

Money is important in our lives and in our world. We need money to live well and to be able to provide service to others. Nothing is beautiful about being poor. The amount of money that we need should be enough so that we can be responsible to ourselves and our families, to be emotionally happy and to allow us to use our god given gifts to the fullest. This could translate to owning and operating a business, getting a medical degree to help others, or having a well paying job, so we can spend our extra time raising money for a deserving cause. Our relationship with money should not be surrounded by shame, greed or fear. We should be able to receive wealth as well as to give it away. If our wealth is received in a positive and productive way, there is nothing shameful about that.

By learning to give and to receive, we learn to develop a positive relationship with money. It is our duty to get on the right track to financial impeccability. To do this we must keep our life organized and balanced. Buy only what we need and pay our bills each month. Believe in moderation and modesty, but do not be afraid of prosperity. So often in our society we know of people who live paycheck to paycheck because they spend their wealth frivolously. By learning to live responsibly we will gain freedom from financial worries. Most importantly we should never forget those who have less than us and always give thanks for what we do have. Pray each day that poverty be removed from the world, our mind and our lives. And so it.