The Key to It All

Today I found the key.  The real irony is that I’ve had it for most of my life.  This morning, during my quiet time (I’m doing two COMPLETELY different studies) I read that the key is a personal relationship with God.  Well, duh!

Every successful person through out the bible, from Cain to Moses to Abraham to Jesus to Paul and all the ones in between, had just one thing in common.  They all had a relationship with God.  Their backgrounds were different, their occupations were different, but their relationships with God were real a personal.

The people who get into trouble through out the bible are the ones who get away from that relationship.  They forget to talk to God before they go to war, or steal another man’s wife, or slip up in some shape, form, or fashion.  What they were doing became the focus of their lives.

I feel so silly.  For years now I’ve been complaining that I just needed the key and it would all be okay – the key to financial prosperity, the key to health, the key to weight loss, the key to my relationship (with my husband, my kids, or my mom).  The whole time I was looking and grumbling and struggling, I had the key in my pocket.

Everything in my spiritual walk and my spiritual life depends on just ONE thing – my personal relationship with God.

Add comment October 24th, 2007

It is All About Money

In this day and age it seems that everything is money, money, money.  The only thing people ask about your new job is if you are making more money.  The only thing that anyone seems focused on with your new house is how much you paid for it.  If you’ve completely relocated, most people want to know if the cost of living is more or less.

I want to go back to a time when family and life were what really mattered.  There has to be an age when money wasn’t the only focus – especially when there really wasn’t money.  Maybe if we were bartering again with chickens and eggs and labor money wouldn’t be such an issue.

Don’t get me wrong – I like money.  It has its purpose and its time.  I just don’t like the focus that it has for most people.  Recently, I landed a great job and the only thing that my friend asked was “how much are you getting paid.”  Although getting the pay check was nice, it was the opportunities that the job would present that was the real perk.

It is possible to look beyond the green.

1.      What is the purpose of the job, the move, the change?

2.      How does it feel?

3.      What is the family saying?  Doing?  Thinking?

4.      Is this the first step or the final leg?

Take the time to look at the person and you’ll find that the money doesn’t really matter all that much after all.

Add comment October 24th, 2007