WORD OF THE DAY:                   BE NOT HIGHMINDED"        Scripture references: I Timothy 6:17      "Charge [transmit a message to ] them           that are rich in this world, that they           be not highminded, nor trust [expect           or confide] in uncertain riches, but           in the living God, who giveth [furnishes]           [every thing, always] all things to enjoy."   Highminded = "lofty in mind, arrogant."        There is nothing wrong with success and prosperity. There is nothing      wrong with being rich. God just wants the rich in this world to remember       to be humble and meek. He wants us to remember there is no room       for conceitedness or attitudes in the Body of Christ which exalts one      self over another. Love is not puffed up.      We are all important in God's eyes. Financial success does not make one      better than someone who is successful, in his own career, but does not       own all the fancy perks.      Often the world's standard of success is a standard that includes merely a vast      portion of money and the best things money can buy. What about an abundance of      enjoyment? What about grace and love and an abundance of peace? An abundance of      knowledge? An abundance of health and life? What about an abundance of every      thing to enjoy always?   Having financial wealth       does not necessarily make one rich.        Who has not read about successful people who have fancy cars, fancy houses      and fancy incomes, yet are miserable on the inside? We all have heard about      successful people out in the world who are lacking in peace and joy. We have      read how some overdose or check into rehabilitation houses for addictions.      We have read how some crash and burn. We have read how some lose      everything in embittered battles with estranged spouses, delinquent children      or vindicative employees. Often their relationships suffer at the expense of      their success.      In contrast, God wants us to remember that He supplies us an abundance of      everything to enjoy always. Therefore, trust not in the uncertainty of riches.      Be not highminded. Trust in the living God. Amen. -Carol Kenreigh Please mail comments to cjl8e@yahoo.com

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