Some people gain notoriety for what they didn’t do. For instance, Pythagoras didn’t discover the Pythagorean Theorem. People had been using it for at least a thousand years before he was even born. Pythagoras just named it!
Then there’s the third steward from Jesus’ parable of the bags of gold. Remember him? While the first and second stewards turned profits from the gold entrusted to them, the third steward didn’t grow the value of his money. Instead, he buried it.
Ah, the good life – beginning each and every day by shuffling barefoot out to the beach, just a few steps from your back door. There’s nothing to do (ever), and not a single care in the world belongs to you.
Sounds amazing, right? Who doesn’t want the good life? Except it doesn’t exist, at least not according to the way this world defines it.
Here’s a secret: Generous people find it fun to discover new ways to give. This joyful pursuit of new opportunities is one of the reasons they keep giving! But for the endless varieties of giving,…
Billionaires are pretty great – at least, according to most people. How else can one explain the vast spectrum of influence and opportunity theyare afforded?For example, the governor of my state is a billionaire who…
“So Moses said to Aaron, ‘Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the LORD to be kept for the generations to come.’” (Exodus 16:33 NIV) Worship is…