I have always appreciated Proverbs 30:8-9:
8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God. (New International Version)
These verses just make sense on so many levels to me; I feel like I get what the author is trying to say. In the case of the rich man or the poor man the temptation is to lose focus and bring reproach and harm to God's name and glory is greater than for the man in the middle.
If you are blessed with great wealth I simply encourage you to realize that you are blessed for a cause and purpose greater than yourself. God has blessed you for His purposes. Likewise the poor; God loves you and has a plan and purpose for your life. He desires to be your greatest treasure and can offer something far greater than riches. But that brings me to the point of this post:
If you are neither rich nor poor heed my words. Plan ahead and save diligently for your child's college education!!!! The sad reality is that if you are not dirt poor the financial aid system will not help you much. Hard working people who pay taxes and try to pay their bills get left out when it comes to grants and subsidized loans etc. I guess the rich can simply stroke a check, so they aren't all that concerned.
The bottom line: if you are in the "middle" tough luck. Hopefully your child will have a mind like Einstein, a bat like Albert Pujols, an arm like Roy Halladay, can tackle like Brian Urlacher, or run the ball like Ladainian Tomlinson; if so, a scholarship might be feasible. The normal, run-of-the-mill honor student who was active in clubs, sports, and philanthropy doesn't count for much in the "money for college" game. Am I whining? Yeah, I guess I am.
So back to the theological side of all this. Fortunately God loves the middle-class too and His promises apply to them. He "owns the cattle on a thousand hills," and it wouldn't take too many head of cattle to cover college tuition! But seriously, either way He has a purpose in it all....to be continued
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