| "i used to think you were just a cute cat. but now i see you are a tiger." - inchan
hahahahahhaa. i will never forget that line.
rarrr.
ohana~
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| On Saturday, in coffee break small group, we discussed the dangers of debt, the importance of being a diligent keeper of the money God has entrusted to us, and the need for budgeting.
On Sunday, we read about the parable of the three servants who were entrusted with money from their master. These words stood out to me. "'You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate, why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’ Then he ordered, ‘Take the money from this servant, and give it to the one with the ten bags of silver. To
those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and
they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what
little they have will be taken away."
On Monday, today, I started on this week's Blue Like Jazz reading. The chapter is titled: Money. This line stood out to me. "And you should also know how much you make. Part of the benefit of giving a portion of your money is it makes you think about where your money goes. God does not want us to be sloppy with our finances."
sigh. -_-
God has rebuked me on this subject before. i immediately went out and got an accountant. i thought this would solve all my problems and i experienced a brief period of relief. but having an accountant doesn't help me budget my spendings, nor does he take care of my personal money management.
i feel like God is trying to get it into my thick skull that i need to take responsibility of the huge gift he has given me. "with great power comes great responsibility."
my action plan? i need to catch up on my accounting. i need to find out what i'm spending my money on. i need to stop spending money on stupid things i don't need. i need to figure out exactly how much i'm making so i know how much i can give. i need to give to God what is God's so as to remind myself that ALL of this is God's. i need to repent...big time. -_-
writing this is quite cathartic. i feel like i'm now accountable to the whole xanga community to do what i feel convicted to do. i feel like if i didn't go public with my problem...i may not have followed through with my action plan. brothers & sisters...pray for me. friends who see me...don't let me buy stupid things. i have more than i need.
sigh of relief. 
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| "Andrew would say that dying for
something is easy because it is associated with glory. Living for
something, Andrew would say, is the hard thing. Living for something
extends beyond fashion, glory, or recognition. We live for what we
believe, Andrew would say."
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| i figured out how to use publisher yesterday. and then i made this...
it didn't take long to make...but it took my around 5 hours to figure out how to email it. it still doesn't really work. i just saved as picture and emailed that by going through a lot of hurtles.
so please HELPPPPP MEEE. how do you send publisher files through email? (i've tried following the directions and troubleshooting directions...but my outlook express is being retarded and not linking up with my gmail. ...uh...i think). i dunno. i'm so tired.
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