06/02/2022
𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙩
𝙗𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙠
Proverbs 15:6
In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.
One nice thing about money is that you can count it. You can determine its value by how much you have. Ten dollars. Twenty. A hundred. A thousand.
But there are other things of greater value than money that are harder to count, which are often disregarded or undervalued at our peril.
Take time, for instance. Sometimes money steals your time, like when you purchase a new television because it’s on sale and you save a few hundred dollars, not realizing that it’s about to cost you quality time with your spouse and children.
We also can value money more than our integrity. Sure, it’s dishonest to take that tax deduction, but a fat refund check would come in handy. Sure, it feels great to have this year’s model in the driveway or to let your friends see all those new outfits, but is that worth working two jobs to pay off your mountain of credit card debt?
A life of happiness and contentment comes from understanding that most real treasure lies in things other than money and status: time, family, integrity, freedom. You may not be able to count their value in increments of tens and twenties, but when you sell them away to increase your bottom line, your life may have no value at all.
𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚?
