The WEIGHT of THE TASK
The older I get the CHEAPER I GET. I have been a big "SPENDER" in the early parts of my life. Christmas was no exception. Stephanie was always the conservative spender. But, the longer I live the more I realize I enjoy a bank account that doesn't hover at ZERO. Now of course, when you are raising kids, a lot of your spending is beyond your control. Just the basics like food, clothing, electricity, etc., were enough to bury a checking account. Then when you add Christmas presents on top of the day-to-day expenses it makes life, financially, pretty tenuous. I am not sure why my mind drifted that way this morning, except I was thinking about the COST OF PEACE. Peace is expensive. No not with greenbacks or silver and gold, PEACE comes from giving up our own will, our wants, and our plan. I struggle with GIVING UP CONTROL even more than giving up my big spending habits. Even now I find myself, once in a while, slipping back into worry because MY PLANS ARE IN DANGER of ...
