tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881847666543487145.post4285736925466543123..comments2009-02-04T19:55:25.575-06:00Comments on Angie's Ramblings: What'll It Be?Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979789580507244753noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881847666543487145.post-23672387615557836412009-01-13T16:16:00.000-06:002009-01-13T16:16:00.000-06:00Anonymous,You are absolutely correct in stating th...Anonymous,<BR/>You are absolutely correct in stating that we are blessed no matter what our bank account says. I'm in total agreement with you there.<BR/><BR/>However, I'm curious as to what portion of my blog post left you with the impression that I was suggesting "you are only in God's blessings or grace if you are earthly rich". <BR/><BR/>The point I was making is that saying God has chosen to keep a person in poverty to serve HIS purposes is wrong. That would totally obliterate the idea that we are a free will people. We choose to leave a paying job to serve him in some low- or no-paying ministry or missionary capacity. We choose to not have an adequate emergency fund to make it through the lean times. We choose to be educated or not and then to use that education or not use it. <BR/><BR/>Basically, my point was we choose our existence, not God. God blesses our choices or works to help us improve our situation if we so desire, but he does not place us in poverty to serve his purposes. If we are in poverty faithfully serving him, then that is our choice, not his.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979789580507244753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881847666543487145.post-58799562415924335172009-01-13T14:02:00.000-06:002009-01-13T14:02:00.000-06:00We sometimes do not get because of our motives. Ja...We sometimes do not get because of our motives. James 4:3<BR/><BR/>I think God looks at us when we talk about being blessed as having money in the bank and new cars in the driveway and big houses, he thinks, "you poeple just do not get it." We are all rich no matter what our bank account says. Yes we have choices, but to be prosperous does not always mean "money." We should give God the glory for having lots of money in the bank or for having just a little in the bank. God does bless us all the same, he sent his Son to DIE for all of us. That is the greatest blessing of all, and it does not matter how much money we have, we all recive that blessing. This thing of "you are only in God's blessings or grace if you are earthly rich" is unbibical. I know very poor people that have more faith in God than most "rich" people. We must as Christians start looking at our true blessings. <BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881847666543487145.post-51139745425770284942009-01-11T13:14:00.000-06:002009-01-11T13:14:00.000-06:00... I'm the one who gets everything paid for. =)... I'm the one who gets everything paid for. =)Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113001620221270947noreply@blogger.com