What Makes You Tick?

For where Your treasure is, there will your heart be also. - Matthew 6:21

I have no profound money saving solutions today, just some words that might shed some light on why stewardship of money is important to me. We each have a unique view of money, earthly treasures, and how and why they should be spent. My whole life has been shaped by an event that happened 21 years ago today.

Those of you who know me know the close encounter I had with tragedy at an early age. I won't go into much detail here, but for those who don't know I'll summarize. I was in the seventh grade and a freak accident at school left me folded up on the floor in the hall. A massive head injury that resulted in a blood clot on my brain and partial paralysis nearly took my life. I awoke in the hospital to learn that I had had emergency brain surgery, a procedure with a 50% survival rate. Thanks to a praying Mom and Dad, church family around the world, and a loving God I walked out of the hospital a month later on my way to a 100% recovery.

I was not yet 13 years old and suddenly life had a brand new meaning. Things that were important before now seemed quite trivial. What was once insignificant and taken for granted now appeared very meaningful. Life itself was a gift. As I have grown older I have come to learn that everything good in our lives is a gift and not to be treated lightly. Not exempt from this is the treasure with whiich I've been entrusted.

Again, I have no money saving tip for you today. For me it is a day of reflection, the day I was given a second chance. I merely ask you to reflect upon how you are spending your money. You are drowning in debt and for what? On what have you spent all the money you've been gifted? Do you have all of the nicest material things this world offers and discovered you can't pay for it all? Have you given all you can to those who need it most? Remember it is a gift and the more you give the more you will be given.