To Wait
I just had a conversation with 2 dear friends about waiting. We decided waiting is good. The question was posed "What would it not be good to wait on?". We came up with a few things like medical emergencies, etc, but not all that many. This has me thinking, why can't I, and we as Americans, wait for things? We don't do it well at all. If I want a new computer, or car, instead of waiting I can just put it on a payment plan. The concept of saving to buy something is not really relevant anymore. You save in case of emergency, you finance to buy things.
A lot of people used to only have one car. That forced you to wait; On your parents to get home, your spouse to finish errands so that you could use it. I know a couple with only one car and it is such an anomaly. I am sure that our driving society also has to do with urban sprawl...we can no longer walk to many of the places that we frequent. Or, we can walk, but the thought doesn't enter our minds. I am not even going to jump on the obesity soapbox that has stopped by my table!
I am always saying that I think God is try to teach me to wait. Perhaps I should think of this in terms of my money as well. Money is so often separated from faith and God. I believe this is wrong, and un-biblical, although I do it every day. I think that Carrie and I have talked some about this, in regards to tithing, but I think that it goes much further than that. How we spend the other 90% is just as important. Instead of spending so quickly, often before I have the money, I would like to be able to wait until I can spend my money on something that I believe God wants me to. I am not even sure what that looks like, but if I try to do it, it will be blessed. That I truly believe. It is time to stop sending in our 10% (if even that) and feeling like the rest of our money can be spent as we please. And this will require waiting, something hardly any of us are accustomed to. I feel in my heart that this is the right thing to do. Maybe just for me, but I doubt it. In our godless culture, we also have huge debt. This could piss people off, but I see a relationship. Let's wait. Things are sweeter when you wait on them.
side note: This blog is very scattered. I intended to write about something else, but this is where I ended. I am not going to edit it because it shows how money issues are so tightly related to everything else. However, I apologize for the fragmentation. Who knows, I may end up writing about what I started later. I might not. I am fine with that.
ciao
A lot of people used to only have one car. That forced you to wait; On your parents to get home, your spouse to finish errands so that you could use it. I know a couple with only one car and it is such an anomaly. I am sure that our driving society also has to do with urban sprawl...we can no longer walk to many of the places that we frequent. Or, we can walk, but the thought doesn't enter our minds. I am not even going to jump on the obesity soapbox that has stopped by my table!
I am always saying that I think God is try to teach me to wait. Perhaps I should think of this in terms of my money as well. Money is so often separated from faith and God. I believe this is wrong, and un-biblical, although I do it every day. I think that Carrie and I have talked some about this, in regards to tithing, but I think that it goes much further than that. How we spend the other 90% is just as important. Instead of spending so quickly, often before I have the money, I would like to be able to wait until I can spend my money on something that I believe God wants me to. I am not even sure what that looks like, but if I try to do it, it will be blessed. That I truly believe. It is time to stop sending in our 10% (if even that) and feeling like the rest of our money can be spent as we please. And this will require waiting, something hardly any of us are accustomed to. I feel in my heart that this is the right thing to do. Maybe just for me, but I doubt it. In our godless culture, we also have huge debt. This could piss people off, but I see a relationship. Let's wait. Things are sweeter when you wait on them.
side note: This blog is very scattered. I intended to write about something else, but this is where I ended. I am not going to edit it because it shows how money issues are so tightly related to everything else. However, I apologize for the fragmentation. Who knows, I may end up writing about what I started later. I might not. I am fine with that.
ciao
2 Comments:
good words, good words. thanks for your not-so-fragmented words this morning. i needed to hear them.
This is neat.
This Sunday marks the beginning of waiting for many christians. Advent is the season where christians anticipate the coming of the savior... how appropriate that this strike you now :)
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