Tim Challies over at challies.com has a great article challenging Christians how to think about this Economic Stimulus Payment we'll receive this month. I hope the title doesn't give the impression that I'm advocating that we only use the money for others. My hope, and what I got out of the article, is to challenge myself and others to pursue our joy in what will last, namely, Jesus. Yes, we should pay off debt if we have it. We should provide for our families. But their are so many needs and possibilities of meeting them if we only pray and dream. You can read the article here.

'And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God." Luke 12:16-21