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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Money

What is more likely to erode your faith, too much money or not enough money?

13 comments:

Misty said...

ok... you have no clue who i am but i just stumbled upon your blog and love it. i was intrigued because i have friends in jonesboro but then i started reading your posts and i just loved it... i am marking you as a favorite and vow to be back!

Misty said...

and i forgot the reason i was commenting... although i know you were asking rhetorically but definatly too much of it...

David U said...

I lean towards too much money eroding faith. But, I acknowledge that lack of money also could be someone's motivation for losing their faith......if they had a skewed vision of what the Gospel is and what faith is.

Donna G said...

too much

believingthomas said...

what is too much and what is not enough?

believingthomas said...

Oh, and my mouth hurts for you both.

Kelly Vaughn said...

Both. I wrestle with having too much and testify to erosing happening. I work among people who have too little and see the erosion every day in their lives. It does remind me of one of my favorite verses:

PROV 30: 8-9

"...give me only my daily bread.
Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the LORD ?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God."

-Randy

Anonymous said...

I've neither had too much or too little. I think you know when you have too little before you know when you have too much. I'm afraid in my case, too much would be a detriment to my faith.

Matt said...

Chris-

I think that I may be getting ready to blog on this subject BIG TIME.

...and I love the way your question begs another question: Who gets to decide what is "too much" and what is "not enough"? If I'M the one who gets to decide, then I have an answer.

Here is the bottom line for me: I will probably never say "I just think I have too much money today", but - if I'm not careful - I may always dream about what could be done if I have JUST A LITTLE MORE. In other words, if I get to decide, I may always not have enough, and I may never have too much.

Is it possible for both conditions to be true at the same time? Perhaps it is "not enough" to me, but its "too much" for me to handle, spiritually at the same time? If so, I think that it is THIS STATE, where I THINK I don't have enough and where I don't realize I may already have TOO MUCH, where the danger lies. To say I already have "enough" or even that I have "too much" is to be in a good place spiritually, because it probably reflects a heart that is ready to give.

As to all of those sad, lonely, misunderstood Christians who live comfortable, wealthy lifestyles, I'll probably be writing about that soon in my own space.

Soren said...

Too much.

Randy & Kelly Vaughn said...

Both. I wrestle with having too much and testify to erosing happening. I work among people who have too little and see the erosion every day in their lives. It does remind me of one of my favorite verses:

PROV 30: 8-9

"...give me only my daily bread.
Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the LORD ?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God."

-Randy

TCS said...

Oh, and my mouth hurts for you both.

rainydayinmay said...

and i forgot the reason i was commenting... although i know you were asking rhetorically but definatly too much of it...