Wednesday Day Notes

By Travis Gable

Just a few notes for this Wednesday, April 14:

1. Happy Birthday, Mom. I love you.

2. Short word of advice on the day before April 15: Don’t try to do your tax return yourself. It is likely that your return is wrong, and just as likely that your refund isn’t as high as it could be. New credits (and complex rules regarding those credits) are being added constantly – you need a professional to help you navigate the stormy waters of income tax compliance. Ask a CPA for help. CPA’s rock. Just sayin’.

3. I read a short “gift book” a few years ago that laid out some simple maxims to consider regarding stewardship. In The Treasure Principle, Randy Alcorn throws these truth-bombs our way:

•God owns everything. I’m His money manager. We are the managers of the assets God has entrusted —not given to us.
•My heart always goes where I put God’s money. Watch what happens when you reallocate your money from temporal things to eternal things.
•Heaven, not earth, is my home. We are citizens of “a better country—a heavenly one” (Hebrews 11:16).
•I should live not for the dot but for the line. From the dot—our present life on earth—extends a line that goes on forever, which is eternity in heaven.
•Giving is the only antidote to materialism. Giving is a joyful surrender to a greater person and a greater agenda. It dethrones me and exalts Him.
•God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. God gives us more money than we need so we can give—generously.

Enjoy these little nuggets of wisdom. Allow your mind-grapes to get squished.

Grace and Peace to you All.