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This December has been abundantly “profitable” for us. I don’t like that word. I don’t like all of the baggage that goes with it. Any of you who know me, know that I am certainly not in it for “the profit” in any sort of way. But, unfortunately, money is necessary.

Well, we actually had in the past couple days more money than we knew what to do with! Haven’t really experienced that in a long time (or perhaps EVER?) So I was talking with Jen about the surplus and what we could do with it… it was a couple thousand dollars… and within 5 minutes I think we had plans for about $40,000…

🙂

There is never an end to the need for money. Thankfully, we don’t need to worry about the supply of money. Our Father loves us and will supply all we need. The part that gets us a bit squeemish is the schedule upon which said need-supplying is done. I sometimes wish we always had an abundance. It was fun to have all our regular bills paid and have such an abundant surplus. But we saw quickly how little security there is in our apparent abundance.

We now have a little over $100 in our checking account. We “spent” the surplus in about 24 hours. 🙂 We paid our mortgage for next month plus some extra and paid down a bunch of credit card debt. And, were able to purchase something that Jen has been wanting for a loooong time. (That will last a lot longer than the current one we have).

And you know what? I am almost happier to see the familiar skimpy account balance than the larger number. I do not want my confidence to be in the abundance of my checking account, but in the abundant love of my Father. Really. $2000 goes fast. But His supply never ends! That does not always come in the form of money (believe me, THAT is true!) but it always comes. We have never been in need beyond what he could handle. And I believe we never will be.

So, it was fun for a moment to see 4 digit figures in our bank account, but our true joy is in the abundant love of our Father. May you know that today, too.