Finances are Spiritual...

Today we ended our three week class on finances. It was interesting to think about how our finances are part of our spiritual walk. As followers of Christ, He has given us stewardship of all of our possessions in life. With "His" money he asks us to use it in certain ways. God gives us the ability to work and provides the job that allows us to work and in return asks for us to faithfully give back to him a tithe. He asks for the specific amount of 10%. He gave so much and yet sometimes it is hard for me to part with that 10% of something that is not really ours to begin with. The Bible talks about not storing up our treasures on Earth, I believe it's in Matthew somewhere. It is so humbling to look at life on Earth as a fleeting experience and to adjust what I do here in order to store up my treasures in my heavenly life to come. What an amazing God we serve! I never thought that my faith would be strong enough to have this amount of comfort in KNOWING that He will come again and I will eternally be in "Love's Arms". I serve a God of love and mercy and It is in Him that I will store up my treasures.