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Weekend Update with Faerylandmom « The Faery Inn — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:58:54 +0000

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By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:22:17 +0000

Great post. You are correct that the book of Proverbs is full of financial wisdom; however, my favorite money verse is found in the New Testament in the book of Luke. Chapter 16, verses 10 and 11, remind us to be faithful in the little things as well as the big things. If I only have $5, God is just as interested in how I spend “Honest Abe” as he is in how I spend $5000. That passage tells us that if we aren’t faithful in small things ($5), then God can’t trust us to be faithful in big things ($5000).

Thanks for the insight into Solomon’s wisdom.

By: Russ Smith

Russ Smith — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:51:49 +0000

Thanks for sharing. Nice verse, and good to remember how important money management is to God.

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:37:13 +0000

Great post! I always enjoy a person’s perspective on Bible passages and how they relate to our lives today.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:31:16 +0000

I really like this post. These are good things to think about on a daily basis.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:06:32 +0000

good stuff here. One of my favorite books in the bible, in fact. Don’t gloss over the ‘vanity, vanity, vanity’ parts, though. For those who are panting after the next dollar, ask yourself why? Why work yourself to death to accumulate things? You will die and your things will go to someone you don’t even know (i.e. after your kids inherit, they will spend it or pass it to their kids, who will neither know nor thank you). The same fate (i.e. death) comes to the rich and poor alike. Everything you try to build will crumble. So is life without God.

However remember your God in the days of your youth! There is only one truly eternal thing, and it ain’t something that you can buy with all of your labor. Keep this truth in mind every day and with every decision you make, and it will cause you to put things in their proper place in the grand scale.

God bless,
Dan

By: Shawna

Shawna — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:42:29 +0000

This was a wonderful way to start my day. Thank you!

By: passatfreak

passatfreak — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:45:38 +0000

Ray,

Oftentimes I look up verses in the NLT when they are confusing. v11 is translated this way:

“Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.”

HTH
Michael

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:02:13 +0000

Good passage. I don’t understand this part however:
In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand;
For you do not know which will prosper,
Either this or that, Or whether both alike will be good.
I understand sowing seed, but what is the witholding your hand mean? Does that mean help someone who may need it, or what is your interpretation?