First, it's a personal question that I don't ask anyone, but many people feel comfortable to ask me that question, or worse; ask someone they think I trust. That's taught me two things . . . Many people don't realize boundaries, and two, don't tell anyone anything you don't want repeated. I've gotten a bit ornery about that through these past couple of years, knowing it will be repeated, twisted, and out of context. I derive a secret pleasure from not discussing personal information while telling them, "Sounds like you've already got your mind made up." I'm working on that . . .
I do a number of things not based upon financial terms, but simply an opportunity to minister. Sometimes, these opportunities are not money making at all, but rather I'm actually called to "spend my tithe" to do them. YHWH has led me to many things that don't appear to have a dollar value at all. I have learned through nearly twenty years of ministry, He is not limited to American currency. So why should I limit my endeavors to a currency He doesn't use? I can't place a dollar value on what YHWH has done for me. I can't place a dollar value on the price Messiah paid for me. It would, therefore follow; that what He calls me to do is not going to be based upon a dollar value, either.
I know that I know, I could not live the way I have and the way I do on the income I have were it not for the blessing of YHWH. When I hear the cost of things and the regular expenses many incur, I understand why there is such disparity and animosity amongst people who want more. By not basing my existence on dollars and cents, it seems I have more than I need. I can share all sorts of things I truly wouldn't be able to afford to buy and pass around . . .
So, when asked, "How much money do I make?" I smile and think to myself, I couldn't live like this pinning down, the things I do, to a dollar amount!
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