I have come to the conclusion that there can be a lot of security in poverty.
When I was real little, my parents didn't have squat. Dad was making $1.25 an hour working as a plumbers helper. After he learned the trade and went in business, then we were middle class to upper middle class, and that was nice. Then I grew up some and accidently acquired me a family so we started out with squat. Even before then except I seem to have always had the knack of making money. I never had a problem feeding myself. And I didn't have any problem feeding my family. But we were poor for quite awhile because I was still learning the HVAC trade. After I went into business we were making over 6 figures after two years, so we had more money than we knew what to do with! But had came to it from might as well say living off the land and scratching my way into town Lol! She was raised on grandma's farm and could make dinner out of clippings from the yard and gravel if she wanted. and I had bukoo poor man experience and camping type stuff. Which is Hobo type stuff if you think about it.
So I can live on nothing and I can live on money. doesn't really matter.
Then along came the Lord knocking on my door into my life, so here I am. And the Lord has been good to me. I sit in poverty on SS money. I don't have any gold bars hid away, she took those, lol. (She must've needed them). But! Do you know what poor people and retired people do have a lot of?
Time. So, as I sit in poverty, I grow rich in the word of God. Jesus owns everything, He owns me and everything about me, I was bought and paid for and owe Him my life for it.
The Lord gave me my own house that has no mortgage on it, clear title. Only overhead. He's letting me steward it while he is gone. I should clean it up better, but one time He told me that there are no crowns in heaven for a clean house, lol!
I heard a man's testimony one time, He came to the Lord and began studying the word, and he read the part about, sell all that thou has and give to the poor and then you will have treasure in heaven. So the man sold his house and car and motorcycle and gave the money to the poor and ordered a mess of bibles that he pushes around in a shopping cart giving them away and telling people the good news about Jesus! He is homeless now.
Sorry if I'm rambling, but poverty is indeed challenging, but it's what keep me clinging to the Lord, so it's a good thing. So spiritually speaking it is a Lot safer to be poor than it is to be flush. If I get too much money in my pocket, I'm liable to get myself in trouble with the Lord! So I am content, like Paul says we should be able to be in any situation. I don't complain either or pray for Lambo's or crap like that.
I'm not missing any meals. I eat less steak than I used to. It don't matter though.
When I was real little, my parents didn't have squat. Dad was making $1.25 an hour working as a plumbers helper. After he learned the trade and went in business, then we were middle class to upper middle class, and that was nice. Then I grew up some and accidently acquired me a family so we started out with squat. Even before then except I seem to have always had the knack of making money. I never had a problem feeding myself. And I didn't have any problem feeding my family. But we were poor for quite awhile because I was still learning the HVAC trade. After I went into business we were making over 6 figures after two years, so we had more money than we knew what to do with! But had came to it from might as well say living off the land and scratching my way into town Lol! She was raised on grandma's farm and could make dinner out of clippings from the yard and gravel if she wanted. and I had bukoo poor man experience and camping type stuff. Which is Hobo type stuff if you think about it.
So I can live on nothing and I can live on money. doesn't really matter.
Then along came the Lord knocking on my door into my life, so here I am. And the Lord has been good to me. I sit in poverty on SS money. I don't have any gold bars hid away, she took those, lol. (She must've needed them). But! Do you know what poor people and retired people do have a lot of?
Time. So, as I sit in poverty, I grow rich in the word of God. Jesus owns everything, He owns me and everything about me, I was bought and paid for and owe Him my life for it.
The Lord gave me my own house that has no mortgage on it, clear title. Only overhead. He's letting me steward it while he is gone. I should clean it up better, but one time He told me that there are no crowns in heaven for a clean house, lol!
I heard a man's testimony one time, He came to the Lord and began studying the word, and he read the part about, sell all that thou has and give to the poor and then you will have treasure in heaven. So the man sold his house and car and motorcycle and gave the money to the poor and ordered a mess of bibles that he pushes around in a shopping cart giving them away and telling people the good news about Jesus! He is homeless now.
Sorry if I'm rambling, but poverty is indeed challenging, but it's what keep me clinging to the Lord, so it's a good thing. So spiritually speaking it is a Lot safer to be poor than it is to be flush. If I get too much money in my pocket, I'm liable to get myself in trouble with the Lord! So I am content, like Paul says we should be able to be in any situation. I don't complain either or pray for Lambo's or crap like that.
I'm not missing any meals. I eat less steak than I used to. It don't matter though.
