Staropramen wrote:Spending a reasonable amount of time doing things purely for enjoyment goes a long way in preventing burnout. It tends to keep people more balanced psychologically. I've met my share of people that are all about business [in the financial sense] all the time. I've never called one of them a friend. Yahweh can use any White person at any financial level to accomplish great things. The woman with practically nothing gave away all she had and was considered greater than the rich guy who gave only a small percentage of his wealth. It is a deception that wealth equals greater opportunity to serve Yahweh. God doesn't need anyone's money. He requires obedience and the necessary finances will be added accordingly. Any amount of money that we acquire beyond what Yahweh intends us to have, I believe becomes our worst enemy even though we may convince ourselves it gives us more opportunity to serve. We can most certainly gain more money than we can handle if we become disobedient to Yahweh. There's a jew around every corner looking to throw some money our way if we venture down the dark alley where he's lurking rather than stay on the bright and narrow path.
There have been years where I have donated 30-50% of my income to various causes, friends, comrades, etc... But those were rather lean years. If am going to give away 10% of the pie, every year, to others in need, as a tithe, the larger the pie I obtain for myself, the more substantial that 10% becomes.
There have been books that Bill and I were interested in, to get onto Christogenea, to use for programs, etc, that we have been unable to procure because of financial reasons in the past.
I already turned down an offer from the Jews to work with them in international finance, they told me that by year five I could reasonably expect to earn $500,000 on an annual basis.