financial planning
Being A Good Steward
“How I rejoice that Your kingdom is not about earning and deserving! It’s about believing and receiving. Instead of balking at accepting Your gracious gifts, I want to receive all Your blessings with a grateful heart. Then Your pleasure in giving and my pleasure in receiving can flow together joyously.” – Jesus Listens, August 26th Have you ever wondered why you work so hard to accumulate wealth? Why do we work so hard for stuff that will go out on the curb when we’re gone? What is our ultimate purpose in working so hard and for accumulating things that don’t last? It makes me wonder if we are living for this world or the next. I certainly think it is okay to take care of ourselves, to save, invest for the future, and even become wealthy. But what do we do with our wealth? Is it for ...
Finding Spiritual and Financial Stability in a Crisis
In December 2001, my parents went to a holiday party with friends. During the party, my father gradually became extremely dizzy and nauseated. Fortunately, one of the other guests was in the medical field and knew that my father was on the verge of having a heart attack. My father thought his friend was overreacting, but his friend rushed him to the emergency room. Doctors confirmed that my father needed triple bypass heart surgery and would definitely not be leaving the hospital any time soon. And for the first time in my life, I experienced the frightening reality that I might lose my father. “You can feel secure, even in the midst of cataclysmic changes, through awareness of My continual Presence.”Jesus Calling, March 24 Fortunately, my father’s surgery was a success. He eventually reco...
