God will make me rich!

I spoke to D yesterday.. he talked about getting rich one day.. and I related that to greed since there is no end point for wealth.. the rich naturally desire to get richer. Often, people look for more riches when they've actually got plenty in their backyard already.
He replied that if God wanted to bless him, why not. "I can hope for God to make me rich and bless me with more assets right" True..in a way.. I didn't know how to disagree from a secular perspective. But it was good that I did QT that morn and tis was absolutely appropriate for this situation.

Contentment, Greed, and Hopes of getting rich..

2Timothy6
3If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, 4he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions 5and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
6But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

17Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment

The long break

Seems like a pretty long time..

The roller coater ride was nothin close to exciting.
That's life isn't it.. sometimes you're up and then sometimes you're down.
I went to the pantry this afternoon and had a short conversation with the kopi uncle.
He said , it's always easier to make yourself happy compared to making other people happy.
I could not agree one bit for some strange yet obvious reasons...
If life was about making only ourself happy, it'd be too selfish and what challenge would there be in that.
Cheering or pleasing another seems to have bigger gains, even though the effort may well be 10 fold.

Well.. that's one new thing I learnt today about mankind..

I've just cleared part of my sty.. there's still more than half the room to clean up!
YIKES!

Anyhow.. it's been a fulfilling day and I've finally got all the gifts. =)

Time to zzzz now..

19 days to Christmas

Much gloom has come to pass and the warmth of the season's filling in..
I've just set up the 1st Christmas tree of my life!
Cleaned up the house a little..
Gonna get some Christmas gift shopping done this week..
And the preparation for the ministry's Christmas event, SG's Christmas evagelistic event as well as my very own home party..

Still wish I had a fireplace..

Anyhow, some resolutions to come up with soon..

It's been a not so fantastic 2009 , but 2010 will be a better year! =)

bz bz bz...