sermon notes and an expensive card

Here is the link to yesterday's sermon if you want to watch or listen.  I am leaving for Italy on Tuesday so I will not be preaching again until Nov 23rd.

click here for the sermon

Now on to today's blog post...

I had a long list of things to do last Wednesday, one of them was buying an anniversary card. Then I broke a tooth and had to fit in a dentist visit. Funny about the dentist you know no one wants to go to the dentist until you need to go to the dentist and then you’re just praying that they can fit you in... soon.

So I’m a little early to go to the dentist. I stopped at the grocery store next-door, I'm gonna pick up some celery sticks and an anniversary card.   I should not have been surprised when I got to the checkout and the anniversary card was $6.99. Usually I buy my cards at the Dollar Tree for $.50 or a dollar. I felt bad for wasting that much money. But I’m on a time crunch.

Which took my brain to the two thoughts about money that I’ve always told my children.

1. It doesn’t matter how much you make, if you spend it all, you’re going to be broke.

2. The other thing that I tell them [and anyone that will listen] is people have money for two reasons - number one they make a lot - number two they don’t spend very much.

I need to stay away from $6.99 anniversary cards.

It’s a beautiful day in God‘s world. Be sure to see the good.