Things I want to remember

You have to hang on to the cliff’s edge with both hands.  If you hang on with just one hand, when somebody stops on it, you drop into the chasm, but if you hang on with both, there’s always the second hand to keep the grip.

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When God hasn’t seen fit to provide me with something I’ve wanted (whether it be for me or somebody else and even if it’s for something I see as a very good purpose), if I’ve decided provide it for myself anyway, I’ve met with disastrous consequences.  How can I be sure I’m providing it for myself as opposed to God giving me the resources to provide for it?  I can do that by  matching up my actions with the word of God.  Am I stealing?  Am I going into unneccessary debt?  Am I being a good steward over that (often meaning money) God has given me?  If I say, “yes,” to either of the first or, “no,” to the third, there’s a problem.  No matter how good and righteous my intentions, if I believe the Bible, I have to believe there’s a problem. 

The last question here is, how do I know what is uneccessary debt.  Well, if I am going into debt to save money (ie: a mortgage vs. rent) or to make money (not in iffy investments but as in a car to get myself to work) then that debt is part of being a good steward.  If I am going into debt to have a vacation or buy  myself something or eat out, well… that is plain sin because it is against the tenets of the Bible and is also not good stewardship.