I believed that those who had money had either inherited it or got it dishonestly.
There had to be rich and there had to be poor, so if I wasn't one of the rich, then what was I? Poor.
All my needs were provided for as a child, but I remember so many days of my mother worrying about someone going to call and shut off our power or our phone.
Besides that, I had read the scriptures-it would be harder for the rich man to go through the eye of the needle than to get into Heaven.
If that were the case, I chose Heaven.
So how did I change that way of thinking? How did I go from a poor mentality to one of wealth and abundance? It all began with a seminar I went to with my husband where I learned some great concepts about money.
It is the LOVE of money that is.
I spent my whole life thinking in scarcity, believing that there was just not enough to go around.
If you imagine a pie with a slice coming out-you are picturing scarcity thinking.
But if you imagine a pie, then draw a ring around the outside of the pie making it a bigger pie, then you cut a slice, you have just learned abundance.
Gaining this new insight and understanding in how I was thinking about money, I began to change my mind set and to focus more on the abundance around me.
Another name for money is currency.
That denotes FLOW.
Think about water for a minute.
We need it to survive and thrive.
As long as it is moving , there is life.
To dam water up and stop the flow will cause the water to become stagnant and toxic.
As water flows down its path, it brings life to all it touches.
If water is dipped from the stagnant pond and used, it creates the opposite of the fresh water-life will stop.
Water comes from God.
It doesn't really belong to anyone.
More water is constantly being created.
Money is a source of life.
Some people have large amounts like raging waters, some have a mere trickle.
Having a little reservoir of money is good as long as you keep it flowing.
Some people get their self esteem by how much money they have accumulated, but for what? What will they do with it? What good is a store of money when you die? Flowing money sustains life.
Everywhere your money goes, it creates beauty and growth.
Money given with the wrong intentions is like dipping from a pool of stagnant toxic water.
It is all His.
He has provided it for us to do good with.
We can all have money.
This concept of the flow of money has changed my life in regards to my thoughts of money.
He expects me to take good care of all I have and to share with others-to feed the hungry, clothe the naked.
He expects us to increase what we have been given and then return it to Him for an accounting.
He expects us to be successful.
When He talks of laying up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, He means that we should place as priority our families, our friends, and all the good we can do in the world as our treasures.
Those are not the real treasures.
Money is simply the current, the flow that keeps life moving.
In the story, Illusions, by Richard Bach, he tells of a village of creatures that live along the bottom of a great crystal river.
Each creature clung tightly to the twigs and rocks on the river bottom.
Finally one creature, bored from clinging, decided it was tired of clinging and let go trusting the current to know where it was going.
But the one didn't pay attention to them and let go anyway.
It was bruised and hurt no more.
We can let go and let God carry us in the current, blessing our lives and the lives of others.
If paying a bill, I am grateful for the power and water I use.
When buying gas, I am grateful that I can pay $4 (or whatever the amount) so I don't have to walk the 20 miles that the $4 will take me.
With my husband in the construction industry, we have felt the pangs of the economy.
There is money out there, but fear is causing people to hold onto their money.
Now each time I purchase something, I feel so good knowing I am creating flow.
That is what currency and flow are all about.
That is the real secret to success and prosperity.
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