21 / days of gratitude OCC | orillia community church
unplugged
the onion The US economy ceased to function this week after unexpected existential remarks by the Federal Reserve Chairman shocked Americans into realizing that money is in fact just a meaningless and intangible social construct.
the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy This planet has or rather had a problem which was this most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper which was odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
It’s just a car It’s only money
It’s just a car It’s only money
It’s just a car It’s only money
we need to rethink our views toward money & the priority it has in our life one size doesn’t fit all
of course I want to save the world but I was hoping to do it from the comfort of my everyday life
I want to be a person who buys stuff I don’t need while calling for the world to change
I want to be generous without it costing me anything
inwarddisciplines
outwarddisciplines
I’m going to try really hard
simplicity
Matthew 6: 19 -21 do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth where moth and rust destroy and robbers break in and steal but store up riches for yourselves in heaven where moths and rust cannot destroy and robbers cannot break in and steal for your heart will always be where your riches are
messages about money
Canadian Giving wealthiest 20% poorest 20% 1. 3% income to 3. 2% income to charity
Mark 12: 43 -44 I tell you that this poor widow put more in the offering box than all the others for the others put in what they had to spare of their riches but poor as she is she put in all she had she gave all she had to live on
help the poor
empath y fear
God shapes us with difficulty and hardship
C S Lewis If our charities do not pinch us or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditures excludes them.
kingdompriorities
Luke 3: 11 whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise
put these small coloured pieces of paper to work for the kingdom… we will be transformed in the process and that will be awesome