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So yeah, the Dividends were announced and I like many others was not happy with the amount that we are getting this year.

Then my thought process was redirected...... Who am I to be upset about the money I am getting? What have I done to deserve it? Yeah, it really stinks that the amount I am getting is less than I was hoping for. But you know, it's way more than I deserve. I should just be thankful that I live in a state where the decission was made years ago to give free money to the residence for just being here.

 I am like everyone else. It is annoying that people only need to come back for a week or two and can still get their dividend. But I can focus on the annoyances or look at the bright side, I could be living in a state with no such benefits. I coud go farther and say I could be living in a country where a states decission to do something like this does not exist.

I thank God that I was born in a country with the freedom for the people to make these decissions. I thank God that he has given me this money to help pay for bills. Honestly, most people who do get the dividend do not use it wisely anyways. If they were, we would not be seeing the "huge sales" at the stores around town the same time that dividends start being deposited. When I get mine, sure I want to go buy this or that because I have "free money" to spend on waht I want. How much better it is to suppress the fleshly desire for temporal gratification and use it to pay bills and help missions.

Just some quick thougt's on what God spoke to me about when I reacted to the announced amount...


Laterz..

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