tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35583920.post939956475767541218..comments2024-03-10T01:57:07.008-05:00Comments on what I meant to say: “moneymoneymoneymoney…moooonnnnneeeeyyyy” ~Gamble & Huffdave workmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13068663095945094946noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35583920.post-25608780344309381822008-10-18T21:14:00.000-04:002008-10-18T21:14:00.000-04:00Those numbers are just symbols used to, ...well, t...Those numbers are just symbols used to, ...well, they are symbols that some of us use to make sense of our lives. <BR/><BR/>People talk about things in terms of how many of those numbers/symbols they make, ...how many of those numbers they need to burn through until they retire, ...how many they use to pay their bills with, ...how many of those numbers/symbols their portfolios are worth. <BR/><BR/>I could go on here, but they are just symbols used to represent some worth, some finish line, or some launching pad, ...they say. We make sense of ourselves in terms of increments, ... in terms of moving away from something bad or toward something good, ...and we often express this movement in terms of numbers.<BR/><BR/>These symbols are heavy if we think that this world is all we have. <BR/><BR/>But if we are broke(n) in this world, these symbols are magically meaningless because we find ourselves here now.<BR/><BR/>Snot so bad, is it?Michael Joseph Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283635860472046218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35583920.post-25493893243932472492008-10-18T18:20:00.000-04:002008-10-18T18:20:00.000-04:00Awesome posting, Dave. Thanks for providing that ...Awesome posting, Dave. Thanks for providing that even keel for all of us, no matter how turbulent the water seems over the bow. I especially like that you have made it cool for us to go out and be a dork--err I mean Dorcas. I think that is a brilliant insight. If we are out serving those that are less fortunate than ourselves, we are no longer impacted by the common panic of others. We don't see the financial roller coaster as dire or earth shattering--rather, our perspective is that it is an opportunity for Christ followers to be even more effective at our prime mandate, perhaps stated best in James 1:27. In other words, when the crap really hits the fan, we just roll our sleeves up a bit further and get back to work.<BR/><BR/>For those new to this concept, there are a few helpful tips to get started serving others in times of need in this month's issue of <A HREF="http://www.serve-others.com/issue23/index.cfm?id=23&ref=ARTICLES%5FFIELD%20NOTES%5F198" REL="nofollow">SERVE!</A> the online magazine. <BR/> <BR/>Keep up the great work, Dave. See you in a few weeks, but I will keep watching your messages online while I am on the road.<BR/><BR/>--KenKen Glassmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943120751579828928noreply@blogger.com