Ave Maria:-)
There is a Broadway song with a lilting tune: " Money MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND...THE WORLD GO AROUND..the world go around...... it makes the world go 'roundddd." I think from a Liza Minelli movie??
and then ABBA also came out with their own money song: "Money ...money..money..it's a rich man's world..... !" also very cute and upbeat as only ABBA can deliver it.... Well but does money make the world go round?
ABBA - Money Money Money (Abba-dabba-doo)
Oh my 
this is the age-old question...something that must have started right after Adam and Eve got their marching orders to vacate Paradise..... The Garden of Eden...the most perfect place on earth where Adam and Eve had everything without having to pay or suffer for it 
..... maybe Eden or Paradise was not so much a place ... or perhaps what the Lord wanted man to understand more was how their sin destroyed the perfect friendship/fellowship with GOD the FATHER.
this is the age-old question...something that must have started right after Adam and Eve got their marching orders to vacate Paradise..... The Garden of Eden...the most perfect place on earth where Adam and Eve had everything without having to pay or suffer for it ..... maybe Eden or Paradise was not so much a place ... or perhaps what the Lord wanted man to understand more was how their sin destroyed the perfect friendship/fellowship with GOD the FATHER.
To be so connected to God
..in joyous friendship with Him, to be pure of heart like God!!!
...with easy access to the Lord, enjoying peace, perfect health -- to have dominion over the beautiful earth as yet untouched by greedy, evil, irresponsible descendants of the couple...
..in joyous friendship with Him, to be pure of heart like God!!!...with easy access to the Lord, enjoying peace, perfect health -- to have dominion over the beautiful earth as yet untouched by greedy, evil, irresponsible descendants of the couple...
There was also the directive for Adam and Eve " To go and multiply...." that in itself is Full of Promise and Abundance . I tell you our first parents miscalculated and how! And we have inherited their blindness and inability to appreciate God's gift of life and grace to us. Up to now we think the juicy apple is a better deal.
And we have inherited their blindness and inability to appreciate God's gift of life and grace to us. Up to now we think the juicy apple is a better deal.
Oh what could have Adam and Eve ..what else did they desire and want? You and I can make a guess ..and we will probably come up with several similar answers. The brats that men are hayayay.
For one... the devil used a lot of psy-war : " Eve... c'mon.
.. you don't want to be lorded over do you? So He
.. you don't want to be lorded over do you? So He
created you guys.....that doesn't mean He has to own you.. that doesn't mean you need to obey GOD All the Time?How boring can that get? Evie babe ...think! Why...you and Adam can Be the Ones to Call the shots..anything God can do ..you can do better, I assure you... you will reap fame, glory ,riches..success..... Now , git on and eat this apple
Hahaha... Eve succumbs and what's worse spreads the disobedient virus to Adam.
that my dear brothers and sisters started the ball rolling for all of us... only this was no ordinary ball.... It was a Ball of Fire.
Sin entered man ... it's either we understand and accept this ...and bravely accept the deeper repercussions of sin.
Yes the younger ones will wail...."Uhhh Tita...can we skip this part..this is so draining
.... sin and its consequences are not a fun topic..... 
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.... sin and its consequences are not a fun topic..... "
Wag kayong OA Na-tuh-ral..... sin looks like...sounds like...seems like..even feels like fun ... but for our souls and over-all well-being IT'S A KILLER.
Na-tuh-ral..... sin looks like...sounds like...seems like..even feels like fun ... but for our souls and over-all well-being IT'S A KILLER.
It just spoils everything of true value --- and that is : our salvation which leads to eternal life with GOD and Everything...EVeRy Single wonderful, beautiful, holy, blameless, perfect gift/gifts God would want to bestow upon us as bonuses --- Incidentally we didn't even deserve it , any of it...so how lucky can we get...??and how foolish can we be to throw it all away.??
" Money..money ..money ...makes the world go round..."
God is a God of justice and order... He knows we will need businesses...money and currency...trading and measurements... but these and all other gifts whether material or spiritual we enjoy in our earthly lifetime we must wisely use to glorify GOD.... to serve His purposes not ours.
Hence, even if we go about our careers... even if we labour at being fathers and mothers.... leaders or servants in society.. it is all to build up to our Over-All Goal of returning to our Heavenly Father... safe and sound
God won't prohibit us from being rich, successful and famous so long as we don't forget Him along the way..and don't get too big for our breeches.
Case in point.... think of King David's glories as a mighty king and warrior..He was graced to unite Israel...God didn't just give him an amazing faith and intense prayer life, He was also given strength, courage and good leadership powers.... plus yes..he had a way with women.
But his faith/love for God and prayer life were the foundation of it all. King Solomon was incredibly rich.... and his wisdom so well-known... Israel prospered under his reign.. yet both men in their greatness bowed down to the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings... both men were single-hearted for GOD. And when they sinned... they acknowledged their sins and repented of it with such sorrow.. a resolve never to do it again...this only served to obtain for them more of God's favor.
But his faith/love for God and prayer life were the foundation of it all. King Solomon was incredibly rich.... and his wisdom so well-known... Israel prospered under his reign.. yet both men in their greatness bowed down to the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings... both men were single-hearted for GOD. And when they sinned... they acknowledged their sins and repented of it with such sorrow.. a resolve never to do it again...this only served to obtain for them more of God's favor.
When our riches, fame and glory rule over us..that is the beginning of the end.
No sirree.. money will never make the world go round .. but it could and has made many men and women go agaga .. a mad love for fame and riches has caused so many wars and conflicts ... and one whose God is money will never have enough of it. Laging kulang.... laging stressed to make more millions..and then even more stressed how not to be robbed of those millions...
On the other hand we will see many... who live simple lives... some even materially poor ... yet who enjoy peace, love and joy ... a joy that comes from knowing, loving serving God ... knowing and experiencing God's Divine Providence and Fatherly care...and sharing these with others generously. Now that makes the world go round.
I leave you with this gospel passage...so achingly beautiful..... have a happy week! God bless you all ...te mye
John 15:9-17
Jesus said to his disciples:
"As the Father loves me, so I also love you.Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father's commandments
and remain in his love.
"I have told you this so that my joy might be in you
and your joy might be complete.
This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one's life for one's friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
I no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know what his master is doing.
I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another."
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