Risking It All

So the tax season is over, my task of helping the elderly over.

Something I had not thought of was the witness of my doing this.  I was doing it because there was an opportunity and there was a need, being bored stiff hanging around doing minimalistic exercises might have something to do with it as well.  But, whom would have thought that Swede would see me doing this and then go back home to Everett and go to a local shop to do the very same thing!  And it drove him mad!  LOL!

And towards the end last week I had piles of returns to do for the elderly in my church ... yeah, very much not impressed!

If you have been reading along you know that I have been really critical of how little people tithe - how little they give back to God, after all, He bothered to share with them in the first place!  And so many wealthy returns - few with any charitable giving at all!

So, this last bunch was filled with lots of gamblers.  I really do not care how someone wants to live their lives but I do notice when I see those with a $100k income, with only $700 in giving, then usually of clothing to Goodwill and guess what!  $20k to $40k in gambling losses!  No joke!  Some even had pages of loss statements, usually dated weekly for the entire year, from the local casinos!

What the heck!?!?!?!?

Yeah, these people are blowing their cash like there is no tomorrow - no wonder there is so little giving, they are wasting God's blessing on them, they have shown themselves to be bad stewards and what do you think God is going to do about that?

Well, in Kris' paradigm, God will see to it that they do not have as much as before since they did not remember Him at all!  When that lost cash comes due, just think about what God is going to do to them - probably not a lesson they will enjoy, much less even understand!  These people are just too blind in this culture!

Sigh, I have to admit I do not understand gambling.  It has no appeal to me.  But obviously it means everything to other people.  I wonder if they even think in terms of, "I wonder if God has any need for this extra money...."


God is real.  He will act, when we behave poorly, when we mock Him, when we destroy His witness.  Yes, He will bless whom He desires and personally, I would like Him to remember me (in a good way!) when He is handing out blessings .....  And stealing from Him and His witness on this Earth, is not going going to garner His blessings upon you ...