Re-Evaluating Wealth by Julianne Pearson

Last Summer I heard a speaker comment on the positive side of the economic hardship that America was experiencing.  To most, I’m sure this is an oxymoron – a positive side to an economic crisis!  That’s exactly right.  There is a positive side.  Hear and embrace.

      The speaker proceeded to state that the current economic hardship was requiring all of us to re-define wealth.  For if we were one of the ones that only defined wealth by the condition of our monetary status, we would then be one of the ones with a distorted perception of our personal value.  By re-evaluating our personal wealth, we would discover that most have had a misplaced value system that needed some major divine adjustments. 

      Throughout the past few years, I’ve been disturbed to see just how distorted most personal value systems have become due to the fluctuation in their economic status.  Additionally, I have observed how this distorted paradigm has influenced the perceived value of their relationships because we can only project what we introspect.  Therefore, if we have been conditioned by the shallow waters of the current world culture to view our value based upon our material acquisitions such as the balance of our bank accounts or the status of our stock portfolios, that’s exactly the same measuring stick we will use to determine the current value of those we are in relationship with.  Unfortunately, many are being rejected and discriminated against simply because of what they are able or unable to monetarily do instead of being weighed by the content of their character.

      Today, let me enlighten you to one important Truth that you may have dismissed or overlooked – people are more valuable than money or anything material, for that matter.  When an individual gives from the treasures of their time, talent, gifts, abilities, and wisdom, they have given you something that is priceless – they have given of themselves!  And one thing is for certain – in this life – material things can be replaced, money can be recovered, and status or positions can be restored; however, people can never be recreated.

      Take sometime today and re-evaluate your wealth regardless of your current economic status.  Choose to treasure every personal investment that has been granted unto you.  Don’t allow these invaluable exchanges to slip through your fingers because you were choosing the temporal over the eternal by either majoring on the minors or magnifying the immaterial over the material. By re-evaluating your wealth, you just might discover, all this time, you are very well off with divine treasures living right inside and in front of you.

© 2011 Julianne Pearson

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