Money as Lubrication

Money may be a human creation but it definitely has a Divine purpose. Sometimes I think of money like a lubricant in machine work. While it is not doing the work itself, it can simplify and ease the process at hand. There is no doubt that money has facilitated commerce and transactions in a way that never could be possible with a barter system.

A Prosperity Treatment

Cover of Prosperity

Twenty-Third Psalm
(Revised)

The Lord is my banker; my credit is good.
He maketh me to lie down in the consciousness of omnipresent abundance;
He giveth me the key to His strongbox.
He restoreth my faith in His riches;
He guideth me in the paths of prosperity for His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk in the very shadow of debt,
I shall fear no evil, for Thou art with me;
Thy silver and Thy gold, they secure me.
Thou preparest a way for me in the presence of the collector;
Thou fillest my wallet with plenty; my measure runneth over.
Surely goodness and plenty will follow me all the days of my life,
And I shall do business in the name of the Lord forever.

by Charles Fillmore, Prosperity, 1915.

Partnership

Who are the important partners in your life and, in particular, your financial life? Your spouse? Your parents? Your boss or place of employment? Your clients?

The funny thing about money is that we often get so tied up in our heads with the partnering, planning, preparing and implementation of our “financial strategies” that we rarely begin at the beginning.

What Is

I have discovered that for most of our financial journey we deal with what we wish we had or did not have in our lives.  How many times do we sit and daydream about what we would do if we had more money?  Or wish that we knew how it would feel to not have so many bills to pay?  We either look forward to the promise or challenge of the future, or we long for or run from our past.  It is truly a rare gift to find someone able to sit comfortably with what is in their fiscal world.

Finally I'm Blogging

After years of thinking about publishing a blog, I am finally here. A friend of mine inspired me to take this leap after consulting with me about her own idea for a blog. I said to her: "there is no risk." Strangely enough, after all the time I spent considering the idea, it boiled down to these simple words. So, I decided to take my own advice.

I have had the opportunity to share with a number of people recently, that I am more convinced than ever that our relationship to money is a window into our soul.