“Would I be better off wealthy?”
You made me smile. Almost 40 myself. I’ve seen so many foreboding financial articles through the years. Most would lead to despair if people compare themselves to the averages. Maybe that’s the point.
Like the dire warnings about the average costs of raising a child to 18, seemingly intended to convince aspiring parents they just can’t do it. I see many two-earner households “struggling” financially with their average 1.5 children, while large families with stay-at-home moms somehow have most of the things you described.
I don’t begrudge financial wisdom or prudence. Not in the least. But the “Eternal life” you mention hints at the God behind it all, who can and does provide all our needs through wisdom and (even) failings, in spite of all the mathematical “realities” of an economy.
“And I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.”- Deuteronomy 29:5
“not worn out on your feet.”
I think you get it ...
glad you smiled ...made me smile ... let’s pass it around ..