MONEY MONEY MONEY!

There is a popular belief that money is the answer to all things! Really?

On the other hand, many erroneously describe it as the root of all evils! A few have dared to live their lives without money; an example being Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany who has been able to abandon the use of money for over 15 years!

But how are we to treat this matter in a balanced manner?

Definitely, we cannot shun money in this age of the materialists. We do so at a big risk as one can simply be overrun by unscrupulous opponents who will use their wealth to oppress anyone shamelessly. We also need some money to take care of our basic needs, those of our dependants and those we are moved to assist.

However, one enters into the slippery slope of the damned when one makes the acquisition of wealth the sole aim of life. We get distracted from higher and more sublime goals when we cling to the single idea of “making it” which in this case is a code word for acquiring wealth and all kinds of money at whatever cost and by all ways and means.

As the Psalmist says, the earth is the Lord’s and its fullness thereof! We therefore can come to His Table which is always richly spread and take from it in the measure of the abilities and the talents we have been endowed with. Let us achieve positive earthly results by harnessing all the powers and abilities at our disposal to maintain ourselves but at the same time we must not lose sight of that which makes us human which is our spirituality. We need not let our aim to make money or the comfort afforded by wealth send us into spiritual slumber or make us forget our real purpose of life which is  to attain spiritual maturity. Wealth should not be our master but we must make sound use of it for our benefit, that of others and the noble causes we stand for.