It’s sad, but some people find out too late in life that people are more important than money. They spend their whole lives pursuing an inanimate object that can’t live, love, or laugh.
In their passionate pursuit, they ignore and neglect their loved ones. When they grow old, they find themselves wealthy but alone.
None of their kids or grandkids visit them. Their spouses, tired of neglect, have left them.
Don’t get to the end of your life and find yourself all alone. Money is a poor comfort. Here are three reasons people are more important in your life than money:
- You can take people with you to heaven, but your money stays here. People are eternal spirits whom you can lead to Christ and spend eternity with. Money wastes away.
- People will love you, but money cannot. You can’t buy love, and money can’t replace the fulfillment that comes from being loved by people.
- People can comfort you when you’re ill, but money can only buy doctors. Friends can encourage you and laugh and cry with you, and they won’t bill you for it.
Don’t neglect the important relationships in your life for money or you may one day find yourself alone.
Source: Every Teenager’s Little Black Book On Cash
by Blaine Bartel.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
Blaine is a modern-day Lazarus.
Jesus resurrected him out of 23 years of sexual addiction and the death of everything he held dear. Today he coaches men out of sexual brokenness and into the Jesus life.
Blaine and his wife Lori reside in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They love going on long walks from the kitchen to the living room and have a weakness for reality shows. Along with his speaking and coaching, Blaine is a writer and has recently shared his resurrection story in his latest book, "Death by a Thousand Lies."
For the inquiring mind, a complete history is below.