April 7 CHURCH BUDGET Deadbeats. Now a negative word for you! What on earth is a deadbeat? The dictionary defines a deadbeat as someone who persistently fails to pay personal debts or expenses. God forbid that a Christian should ever be guilty of that! A local funeral director recently confided to a friend that hundreds of his clients over the years have never paid a dime for their loved one’s funeral. Of course, what can he do to collect? Return a dead body to the person’s doorstep?! Some of this comes about because of circumstances of poverty. He is proud of those who, even though they will probably never be able to pay back entirely, nevertheless show up at the funeral home weekly or monthly with a modest amount of money, thus demonstrating good faith and diligence. It’s not only sad when people take advantage of businesses this way, but it’s downright dishonest. One of the nicest lessons that the tithing plan teaches us is honesty, and that is a that seems to be in short supply in our society. Everywhere you go people are taking advantage of other people. Someday there will be final and the truth about our honesty or “audit,” lack of it will be made plain. Choose now to be honest before both God and humans, and He will bless you abundantly.
April 7 CHURCH BUDGET Deadbeats. Now a negative word for you! What on earth is a deadbeat? The dictionary defines a deadbeat as someone who persistently fails to pay personal debts or expenses. God forbid that a Christian should ever be guilty of that! A local funeral director recently confided to a friend that hundreds of his clients over the years have never paid a dime for their loved one’s funeral. Of course, what can he do to collect? Return a dead body to the person’s doorstep?! Some of this comes about because of circumstances of poverty. He is proud of those who, even though they will probably never be able to pay back entirely, nevertheless show up at the funeral home weekly or monthly with a modest amount of money, thus demonstrating good faith and diligence. It’s not only sad when people take advantage of businesses this way, but it’s downright dishonest. One of the nicest lessons that the tithing plan teaches us is honesty, and that is a that seems to be in short supply in our society. Everywhere you go people are taking advantage of other people. Someday there will be final “audit,” and the truth about our honesty or lack of it will be made plain. Choose now to be honest before both God and humans, and He will bless you abundantly.