tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899893125552679366.post7705400248268566778..comments2023-08-21T18:11:11.784-04:00Comments on Carrie's Busy Nothings: Financial Review {Three Months}C.G. Koenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711072064525912284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899893125552679366.post-6482869550919046202011-10-13T09:57:36.722-04:002011-10-13T09:57:36.722-04:00Lizelle - Thanks and yes, sometimes those lessons ...Lizelle - Thanks and yes, sometimes those lessons are hard to learn when it's so easy to say that we want it all now. <br /><br />Emily - $1 a day is quite impressive! Re: the other stuff. Here's my take on it - if you leave Christianity and Biblical principles out of it and simply go by good old fashioned American work ethic, then I would say that the poor are more than welcome to a share of the pie, and if they work hard, they'll get it. Where we may disagree is that I don't believe in handouts, but I do believe in hard work and the results and rewards that come from that. Sometimes you take risks (like we have with a book, a rental, and an electrical business) and you pay out money on those risks and you get no return (i.e. the house is empty, the book didn't sell, and the government is taking more than we've made with the business). However, sometimes you take a risk and it pays off big time - but either way, it's worth trying. The Bible doesn't have anything against wealth, but when money consumes you (i.e. the LOVE of money - not money itself), that's where the problem comes in. Having enough money might make you comfortable, but all the money in the world doesn't buy happiness. That's really the point. Hopefully that clarifies what I was trying to say. Either way, thanks for taking the time to write and leave a different point of view - I'm all for that! :-)C.G. Koenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711072064525912284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899893125552679366.post-1005827459577626992011-10-12T15:48:33.895-04:002011-10-12T15:48:33.895-04:00Hmmm, I'm terrible with these things. When mo...Hmmm, I'm terrible with these things. When money is tight I really do go into Gazelle mode, rationing my expenditure to $1 a day (minus essentials, obviously) and stuff like that. Currently I'm on $5 a day ; )<br /><br />My problem with the biblical approach to wealth and poverty is that it seems to suggest that it's ok to be poor so long as you work hard and that the rich will ultimately suffer by being consumed by their wealth. That may all be true, but it just seems to say that we shouldn't try to shift the balance, but that the poor should just be pleased to be beloved of the lord or whatever. When I do think the poor should fight for a better share of the pie...Emily, Ruby Slipper Journeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071938485961109157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899893125552679366.post-16235983011235137732011-10-12T08:09:53.488-04:002011-10-12T08:09:53.488-04:00Hi Carrie
Thank you for your post. It's so tr...Hi Carrie<br /><br />Thank you for your post. It's so true that the good and the hard times are both from God. And that, even when things are tough, he has promised " never will I leave you, never will I forsake you". These grown up lessons are hard to learn, but God is faithful, and has provided for this day.<br />All the best to you and Peter as you get to spend your points :)<br />Love, LizelleLizelle Levengoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856589841449396349noreply@blogger.com