Being poor in life is not what people think of mostly. We picture in our minds people without a home, or perhaps an old run-down shack. We think of them being without a job, unable to pay the bills. We see them as having no car, or, if they do, it's a really old one. But, that's not what poor is about. Oh, I realize the dictionary explains poor as little or no wealth or possessions. But being poor is more than being without the worldly possessions.
I've seen many people in my lifetime that you might consider poor, or, at least, not having enough to call them wealthy by any means. But, they were happy, well-adjusted people. The one couple that comes to mind more than any other that fits this bill is my Daddy's parents. They both died in the late 1960's. My grandfather was retired all my life, and Granny kept house, took care of an invalid daughter, quilted, and made bread for the neighborhood almost every week. But, I don't think they ever thought of themselves as poor. In fact, I didn't even know what 'poor' was back then, or at least, I never considered any of us being poor. Because the one thing that we had was plenty of love.
We can have the 'world by the tail', our bank account running out at the seams, and never be happy, if we don't have love. God is love, and we are to emulate that love. Love (agape - Christian love - spiritual) should show in our every day life, and in our actions with others.
Read I Corinthians 13:1-13
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