Today I decide to be wealthy.
I read an article in the Ensign, about the Lord's Prayer, and specifically the sentence, "give us this day our daily bread." It talked about our needs, and how during the 40 years in the wilderness, that the Children of Israel received manna, and once they were in the Promised Land, they were expected to grow their own food (with the Lord's help--they planted, toiled, harvested, and were expected to tithe and share with others, in the Lord's way). One of the points of the article being that we don't know from day to day in our lives what it's going to be.
When I was at my daughter's college graduation this summer, one of the speakers said, "All the money in the world belongs to God," and, after promises of prospering, he said, "Prosperity has nothing to do with money."
So I don't know where I'm going to be financially when this is all done, but I do have my health, my family, my kids are home for a few days, my extended family is doing fine, I received Christmas money enough to pay household bills (but not enough to pay the health insurance, so that's going bye-bye until I can get a job that either has it or that I can afford to pay out of pocket, or the Oregon Health Plan), and food from the church.
I know that the Children of Israel got so used to the manna that they complained about it.
How can you complain about manna? (I really don't want to know the answer to that.)
Today I decide to be wealthy.
I read an article in the Ensign, about the Lord's Prayer, and specifically the sentence, "give us this day our daily bread." It talked about our needs, and how during the 40 years in the wilderness, that the Children of Israel received manna, and once they were in the Promised Land, they were expected to grow their own food (with the Lord's help--they planted, toiled, harvested, and were expected to tithe and share with others, in the Lord's way). One of the points of the article being that we don't know from day to day in our lives what it's going to be.
When I was at my daughter's college graduation this summer, one of the speakers said, "All the money in the world belongs to God," and, after promises of prospering, he said, "Prosperity has nothing to do with money."
So I don't know where I'm going to be financially when this is all done, but I do have my health, my family, my kids are home for a few days, my extended family is doing fine, I received Christmas money enough to pay household bills (but not enough to pay the health insurance, so that's going bye-bye until I can get a job that either has it or that I can afford to pay out of pocket, or the Oregon Health Plan), and food from the church.
I know that the Children of Israel got so used to the manna that they complained about it.
How can you complain about manna? (I really don't want to know the answer to that.)
Today I decide to be wealthy.
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