Bucks…greenbacks…currency…cold, hard cash. In today’s increasingly digital world, these terms aren’t as as fitting as they once were. Still, whether our wallets hold paper money and coin or a plethora of plastic cards (or even digital cards in our phone wallets) it all gets back to the same thing – money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is difficult to live without money. The barter system fell out of favor in the United States somewhere between the 1800’s and the 1930’s depression years, depending on which article I read on Google. We require food to live. We need clothing (running around naked is frowned upon in most places, and it’d be mighty cold during our Midwest winters). Reliable shelter is important as well. For those who don’t have these things, life is very difficult indeed and my heart goes out to them. They are the ones who truly need our help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the rest of us I ask these questions: How much is enough? Can we be content with less?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nLook at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them…<\/p>\nMatthew 6:26<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n
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