Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Life's Little Surprises

You love your job and you work hard. You go to work with a big smile on your face. 15 minutes later you are walking out to your car with a cardboard box of your belongings and the life you have know for years is over. Maybe its illness or divorce or family problems. Maybe you got scammed. What now?

Hopefully, we don't have debt to pay and we have 6 months worth of money in savings to live on. We have 2 years of food, clothing and other necessities stored for such an occasion.

Hmmm, this advice sounds somewhat familiar. It sounds a lot like what the leaders of my church have been trying to counsel its members for many decades. Why haven't we been listening? The truth is, we just don't believe it can happen to us. But it does.

Be Prepared! Be Prepared! Be Prepared!