Tax day has come and gone. By now we have all paid our dues for another year. What amazes me about doing our taxes is the amount of receipts and records I kept for 2009. Some things that I discovered about my spending in 2009...
I spend a lot of money at Walmart? I really like eating at Chili's. It looks like my favorite place to buy gas is 7/11. Christianbooks.com is still my favorite place to buy books.
Looking back over the last year I noticed the amount of money I spent on several different items and it really surprised me just how much money I spent on items. In reality, spending money is a lot like spending life. We can go through life not really aware of how we are spending our years. Yet there is one big difference between spending money and spending our life. Uncle Sam requires us to have a yearly reckoning which allows us to look over the previous years spending and if we do not like what we see, we can make a few changes. Life is not that way, scripture teaches us we will face a judgment at the end of this life. Unfortunately that judgment comes at the end of our life with no opportunity to make adjustments. My challenge to each of us is take a little time to check out how you are doing from time to time in this thing called "Life"; ask yourself some probing questions...
- Am I living a life that pleases God?
- Am I aware of my life purpose?
- Am I making decisions in light of that purpose?
- Who is influencing me?
- Who am I influencing?
- Who will cry at my funeral?
- Am I spending time with the ones who will cry at my funeral?
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