“Some people got to have it
Some people really need it
Listen to me y'all, do things, do things, do bad things with it
You wanna do things, do things, do things, good things with it”
Some people really need it
Listen to me y'all, do things, do things, do bad things with it
You wanna do things, do things, do things, good things with it”
As I’m writing this blog I’m listening to the O’Jays 1973 hit. As your read this blog, it may help to listen to it. {Turn it up!} Here’s a link:
Money. We do things with it. We do things for it. The Mean Green. The Almighty Dollar.
My financial adviser likes to quote Kahlil Gibran “ Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and it enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man.”
Money is a medium by which we tell the world what we value, by how we acquire it and how we spend it– or to put it more simply – Every dollar you spend is a statement of your values. I learned that lesson the hard way. I let money control me, define my relationships, impact my work, occupy my thoughts, keep me from sleeping – then I realized I could control it and make it do what I wanted it to.
This is nothing new.
Jesus said in Matthew 6:21: Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
Rick Warren wrote” If you show me how you spend your time and how you spend your money, I’ll show you what’s important in your life. No matter what you say is important—show me your schedule and your checkbook stubs and I’ll tell you what’s really important to you.”
James W Frick, the highly successful VP of Development for Notre Dame put it this way, “ Don’t tell me what your priorities are, show me how you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are.”
Pointed, pithy comments.
Yes, we’re in a capital campaign to make some much-needed improvements to our congregational gathering place. That’s gonna take money. Everyone will make a decision about what they will contribute to the project. Does it align with your values? Is it important to you? Is it a priority? Wish you could give more? Then give more. I recently sold some old books I no longer had use for. Now I reclaimed some space, some other book collector is happy and I can make a donation to something I value. Win-Win.
“Don't let, don't let, don't let money rule you
For the love of money
Money can change people sometimes
Don't let, don't let, don't let money fool you
Money can fool people sometimes
People! Don't let money, don't let money change you,
it will keep on changing, changing up your mind.”
For the love of money
Money can change people sometimes
Don't let, don't let, don't let money fool you
Money can fool people sometimes
People! Don't let money, don't let money change you,
it will keep on changing, changing up your mind.”
“For the Love of Money” Lyrics by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
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