Penny for your thoughts...
For some reason I've been struggling lately... for some reason I always struggle with the intense desire to live a comfortable, stable life or to live life on the edge with little or nothing-only relying on what God brings in for the day and the future...
I mean, part of me would love to quit paying health insurance every month, life insurance every month, etc... but the other "responsible" part of me says I just can't do it. I know there is a healthy balance between the two-like, we can do all we can to be prepared but at the same time know that God has it all even if we can't be "prepared" the way the world says. So I'm curious to know if I'm the only one who struggles with this (it could just be my rebel, live on the edge spirit that wants to ditch it all and move to Africa!) or if it's a normal part of constantly trying to train our minds to think differently than the world. So, am I the only one? Penny for your thoughts...
I mean, part of me would love to quit paying health insurance every month, life insurance every month, etc... but the other "responsible" part of me says I just can't do it. I know there is a healthy balance between the two-like, we can do all we can to be prepared but at the same time know that God has it all even if we can't be "prepared" the way the world says. So I'm curious to know if I'm the only one who struggles with this (it could just be my rebel, live on the edge spirit that wants to ditch it all and move to Africa!) or if it's a normal part of constantly trying to train our minds to think differently than the world. So, am I the only one? Penny for your thoughts...
posted by The Melones at 5:19 PM
2 Comments:
It is a constant training. God places us all in divine positions. What I wouldn't give for health insurance, but I know that I don't need it. But, when Dan worked in the states, we had it. I don't think that it is about what we have or what we give up materially, but what we have and what we give up spiritually. If God tells you to go without something, then, you walk in faith, and go without it. Or, if He calls you to something where it's insane to acquire something, then, He will provide in the place of that. When it says he will supply all our needs according to His riches, maybe He is really saying according to what we need. Because he has all riches, glory, and honor. It's not like he has to budget them, but according to how we need them, He will supply them. I think that was about three cents worth!
Wow, I don't know. The older I get the more "stable" I become. I trust that God is going to provide our needs whatever that may be. I read stories and blogs of people doing God's work in remote parts of the earth and feel a tinge of "wow, I could see myself doing that." But I know that right now it just isn't where I am supposed to be. I don't believe that by having health and life insurance you(I)are saying that we don't trust that God will take care of us or that Caed/Colton will not be taken care of if something bad were to happen. I guess I just feel that there is a balance and there are numerous places in the bible that speaks of physical inheritances (218 times-I looked it up) that parents need to supply their children. What it comes down to, is that I really don't know. Truly it is something between you and God, I have heard of people that haven't even had a headache for over 10 years! But my family is allergic, accident prone and the health insurance sure helps with the costs!
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