This past week I turned 44 years old. I’m not ashamed of my age at all. Growing older has been a privilege denied to a lot of people I started this life with. I am not sure if I am alone but I find that as I get older I tend to take more stock of the things I have had or will have in my life.
We are taught that after school we need to get a job, preferably one you enjoy, then work towards retirement. For some of us retirement may never happen, I feel like I’ll probably have to work until lunch on the day of my funeral, but it remains a goal, a dream. We are also taught that the earlier you can start saving for retirement the better off you are. Today I got to thinking about what’s in my portfolio. When I started thinking about it the thought of investment quickly shifted from monetary to more important items.
Today in church we learned about prayer and the priority of prayer. You need a time, you need a place, you need to pray out loud, you need to pray for others, and pray with others. Trust me I didn’t get off topic, I believe our investment in prayer is more critical to our life than money.
Along with our investment in prayer comes our investment in others. The way we pray for others, speak life into others, and encourage others will pay greater dividends than any stock you could buy. Your friends, family, and even those who don’t like you, want, need, and deserve your prayers. In Matthew 5:44 Jesus says “I tell you, love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you.”
Most importantly we must invest in prayer for our children. Pray for them often, pray for them out loud, pray over them. “If your children never hear you pray, they likely won’t pray” Jeff Moody. While this won’t be fact for all it is in fact true for some. your children need to hear you pray, so they know how, so they know they can just share their heart with our father.
I’m not a financial advisor, I can’t tell you how to live debt free after retirement, I can however tell you heaven will be much more beautiful with your loved ones there, than all of the money in the world.
I love you.
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