Spending money

I did not enter a post yesterday because I was busy spending money. Yes, you read that right, I was spending money. We love our new house and are excited about being able to set it up as our home. You know when you move into a new place there are things that you must do and things you must buy as you adjust to your new place. One of the things we had to buy was curtains and of course curtain rods. It seems that in our bedroom window a bright light shines in ever night. Though we have blinds on the windows it is not sufficient to black out the light, so the need for curtains. Of course we have four windows in our bedroom so that meant we had to purchase a lot of curtain panes for those windows.
The good news about the Worley clan is we stuck to our mantra "If Walmart doesn't have it we don't need it." Fortunately Walmart had what we wanted and needed. We did look at other places, but we went back to Walmart to get the ones we liked.
In general we have a tendency to purchase things that we need and in general what we want. However, I was floored this week when I read that a woman in China purchased a Tibetan black Mastiff for $582,000! You read that number correctly. I cannot fathom purchasing a dog for that amount money. Normally such a dog will fetch $2000 in the States, but in China they are valued for thier use as a guard dog. But still I think the woman who purchased the dog could have hired some security guards for less money.
The previous high for a dog was $155,000 for a cloned Labrador Retriever. This dog was purchased by the couple who had their dead Labrador cloned. Perhaps they could have found something better to invest their money in, but who am I to make suggestion.
Here is the thing for us to consider. What do we spend our money on? Actually if you are a follower of Jesus Christ it is not our money at all, but God's money. He just allows us to use it for a short time. The story about the dog really caused me to think if we are often times frivilous with our spending as well.
Think about your own situation. How have you spent money lately? Have you spent money on you needs or your wants? If you are just dying to spend some money, I have a great place where you can put it. How about investing in the Kingdom of God? Oh I get it, you can touch it, you can see it, you can experience that. You would much rather have something tangible for which to spend your money. But did you know that for every dime you give to the church it helps bring the light of Christ to a dark and dying world? Instead of being like me and trying to block out the light, why don't you try to help shine the light? It will make a difference in your life and in the life of another.