Love of money

1 Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.
Lately I've seen for myself the truth of that verse in many ways. When one is forced to choose between relationships (between siblings, business partners...) and money, many choose the latter. I have come to a conclusion of the matter - the latter is the wrong choice. In choosing money over our relationship between our family members, our friends, our partners and the people around us that we love, we will lose both. I am reminded of this story that was circulating around the internet, of this rich man whose son whom he loved dearly passed on before him. When he died, he left instructions for his many possessions to be auctioned on a certain day. On that certain day, many came from far and near to bid for his many prized and valuable possessions. The first item to be auctioned was a portrait of his beloved son which was not worth very much to all the bidders. An old faithful servant of the rich man, knowing how much his master loved his son and how much that portrait meant to his master, decided to bid for it and succeeded in the bidding because no one else wanted the portrait. After that, the auctioneer announced that the rich man's instruction was to give all his possessions to the man who bids for his son's portrait. The moral of the story is, when we choose relationships over money, we will win them both.
Rev Kenneth told me over lunch one day about something someone has taught him - the key to successful share trading is to be distant. Greed makes us hold on - maybe it will go up a little more, maybe it will go down a little more.... but if we are distant, we will make the right decisions.
There you go, my two cents worth of thoughts for the day.

Matthew 6:24 - No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. (NKJV)