If I Were Rich

  If I Were Rich-One day, while I was waiting for my lunch to be served,
outof the blue the the thought came to me, "What would you do if you
became rich?". To be honest, I have never wanted more money than I have
right now. I have plenty for my needs plus a bit extra. I also understand
that, without health to go with it, money is kind of useless. Mind you, I am
certainly thankful that I have enough. I can't even imagine financial
concerns on top of all my other "issues".

The one thing that I know I would do is buy a handibus for Long Term Care.
Now, when they take these people on outings, they have to use the town
handibus which is not always the most reliable. If they had their own bus,
they could take these people when and where they want.

Once in awhile, I joke around with the nurses that, if I suddenly became
wealthy, I would hire my own private nurse and cook. But it is just a joke.
Or at least I think it is!

I would like to think that I would that I would give most of it away for"
the furtherance of the gospel". However, I have another issue in my life
that may have some bearing on what I would do if I suddenly came into a lot
of money. When I get healed, the money that I am getting at present will be
cut off and, then, I have no idea where the money will come from. But, I do
know that God is not going to heal me without also making provision for my
needs to be met. So I have always been content to leave it up to Him. But,
if I suddenly had lots of money, I know that I would have to fight the
temptation to put it in the bank so I have it when I need it. Unless, of
course, there was enough money to both live on and to give away.

I have come to two conclusions from all this. The first is that, when we
have any kind of major decision to make, be it how to spend my hypothetical
wealth or something else, it is wisest to to go God first and find out what
He wants you to do and then to do it. It would be a lie to say I had
mastered it all the time but I am trying to get better at consulting God
before rushing into a decision. The other conclusion that I have come to is
this. None of us can really know what we would do in any given situation
until we are actually in that situation so it is kind of futile to
speculate.