$293,750,000.00 (next post 12/28)

So one of the big stories in the US was this powerball drawing a couple weeks back.  And apparently Mark and Cindy Hill of Dearborn, Missouri were awarded a check for over $293 million.  Wow, that's a lot of money.  The taxes alone from those winnings might keep us from going over the fiscal cliff.

Last weekend I was talking about that prize with a group of middle school kids.  And in our conversation, I asked a question like, "what would be worth more, having a relationship with Jesus or winning powerball?"

It was one of those questions that we know the "right" answer to, but later that day it got me thinking.  If I won $293 million, it would be easy to feel like pretty much every problem was solved.  There would be virtually nothing money can buy that I wouldn't be able to get my hands on.

And yet, if I had to choose between Jesus and $293 million, I know I would choose Jesus.  So, utilizing my logic skills, that means that the value I place on having Christ in my life is worth more than $293 million.  In fact, I know wouldn't trade Christ for $293 trillion.  In Christ, I am a child of God and co-heir of God's Kingdom (Romans 8).  I have been lavished with the "incomparable riches of God's grace" (Ephesians 2).

So in essence, I have something that I believe to be worth more than any dollar amount imaginable.  That's a big deal when I consider how excited I would be about having $293 million.  But I know that what I have is better.  Wow.  Definitely something to keep in mind as I live each day.

80's Lyric

  You got a fast car

And I got a plan to get us out of here

I been working at the convenience store

Managed to save just a little bit of money

- Tracy Chapman  (1988)