Well, what happened yesterday before church, was evidence that the Bible means something

in my life, because, if Scripture was just a bunch of old desert tales, would have reacted waay different.   A well-dressed lady there (alot of that to be seen) was telling me about her recent trip to Israel, and how every believer should go...  First thought was, how many thousands of dollars, followed by, the cost probably being no big deal to this well-to-do boomer; probably wasn't her first post-retirement vacation, and likely not the last.

Here's the deal!  If i vaca'ed around, things like paying for electric and insurance - let alone unexpected stuff - uh, would be stressful.  But the real deal is: while the Lord expects His people to live separate from the world (ya know, not drink beer and smoke cigarettes) we are NOT expected to play up to the boomer$.  In short, the Lord doesn't look down on people who are mid60s, and still working full-time, because they have to continue working, because they haven't been playing the stock market, for the last several decades, and so don't have 1.3 million in their portfolio.  And likely, per the apple not falling far from the tree, she probably inherited funds from her parents/grandparents - there's an OT Scripture about that.  

And yeah, i get it:  boomers aren't much liked by younger folks, who can barely get by.  But nobody's talking about how people like her got that portfolio.  Proverbs, among other books in the Bible, details how years of clean living (plus being generous toward less fortunate folks) generates wealth.  Something about "pressed down and shaken."  For sure, boomer lady-didn't blow money on tats, booze, casinos, and door-dash - four nights a week (for what?  Substandard food, that's what).

Yes, it would be nice to have the money to go on vacations (and not feel nervous at the need to travel two towns away) but, ya know what?  The vaca i really want to go on, is the one which lasts forever.  THAT'S the one which matters.

"Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another."  Galatians 5:26

"And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."  Hebrews 10:24-25

Ps, well, whaddayaknow,  some other gender inclusive passages straight out of the King James Bible :)