Life Library
Money
Provision, debt, generosity and enough.
5 reflections
Money · 35 sec read
Reflection
Contentment was never really about having a surplus to spare. It's a posture you can choose in a tight month just as much as an easy one.
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Contentment isn't about the number in the account — it's a choice you make before you get there.
1 Timothy 6:6New Testament"Godliness with contentment is great gain."
Money · 40 sec read
Reflection
Debt and scarcity thinking can quietly take hold of how you see everything. Holding money a little more loosely is often what loosens fear's grip too.
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Holding money loosely is often what frees you from being ruled by it.
Proverbs 22:7Old Testament"The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender."
Money · 45 sec read
Reflection
Comparison keeps moving the finish line further away. You're allowed to set your own definition of enough, instead of borrowing someone else's.
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Nobody else gets to set your number for enough.
Proverbs 21:20Old Testament"The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down."
Money · 50 sec read
Reflection
Setting a little aside, even a small amount, on the days there's some to spare, tends to matter far more than it seems to in the moment it's set aside.
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The small amount you set aside today is felt most on the day you need it.
Luke 16:11New Testament"If you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?"
Money · 55 sec read
Reflection
Money habits — patience, honesty, generosity, or the lack of them — tend to show up in the rest of life too. It's rarely only ever about the money itself.
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How you handle money tends to be how you handle more than money.
2 Corinthians 9:7New Testament"Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give... for God loves a cheerful giver."
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