Tia Price

I have recently been in several conversations with US citizens in regards to the economy, the coming presidential switch, and other political matters very close to mosts hearts today. In those conversations I have discovered something very disturbing. Each one based their opinion/arguments/knowledge on the “facts” from one media outlet. Their loyalty to one local news station, CNN, USA Today, or some other media was amusing to me. How could they claim to have all the facts by reviewing only one source of information?

Even our high school English teachers taught us (I hope) that we can not expect to write a convincing or credible paper by only citing one source. They also taught that the credibility of each source was just as important. How, as an adult, does one expect to inform or persuade another to believe as they do with a singular source?

When asked a question, they neglect common sense to quote the latest TV political celebrity news “expert”. When asked to explain what they mean by the quote, they retreat to anger or abandon the conversation due to (as they assume) the lack of the questioner’s knowledge about the topic. How can we ever expect for the people to demonstrate their power in our government when they are not properly informed?

I challenge each reading this to make an effort to become informed. Completely informed. Seek out information across media and political lines. Challenge yourself to learn one piece of information regarding political issues at least three times a week. Pull out that old Government book and review how our government works and why people from other countries risk their lives to try to attain what we take for granted for their children. Dare to step out and use common sense to form your own opinions.

Meet me at UFirst Career Night in Columbus, OH on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 7pm.

Concourse Hotel & Conference Center
4300 International Gateway
Columbus, OH 43219

At this informal seminar you will learn about a financial tool that can help you to:

Payoff your mortgage in 1/2 the time
Get tips on wisely accelerating the payoff of your home mortgage.
Learn to use your money like the bank uses your money…get it working for you.
Discover what a “Interest Cancellation Account” is and stop giving your money away.

Get your questions answered and find out how people are on the path to financial freedom.
It is worth one hour of your time.

Are you talking lack? Are you participating in this economy?

If you are a child of God you should not be.

Stop talking lack. Stop participating in this conversation. If you have to shut off the TV, radio, cell phone, etc. Get into the word of God and learn what he says about His children.
The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast desert. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything. Duet. 2:7

Don’t you know God will take care of you?
I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
Psalm 37:25

Don’t worry.
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Matthew 6:27

Keep tithing.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10

There is so much more for you to see in God’s word concerning his will for his children. Get into it!

I leave you with this last thought:
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8

I just recently talked to a young women who was learning to live on her own.  She asked me for advice about learning how to budget.  I told her that the first thing she needed to do is find out how much is coming in per month and how much is going out, and where to.

Well to make a long story short we both discovered that she was spending more than she was bringing in.  We went down the list of where her money was going to see what she could eliminate or cut back on.   As we went through the list we cut back on the overage.  One of the items remaining on her list was an outrageous cell phone bill.

The bill included a lot of extras that were not included in her plan.  She explained that she needed all of those extras.  I countered that she doesn’t need unlimited texting and internet, downloaded ringtones, etc.  I explained that these things were not essential to her existence (this could also include the cell phone itself).  Elimination of these items could cut her bill in half.

She refused to give them up saying that she would get a second job to cover her extra expenses;  which is commendable if she does.  However, what ever happened to prioritizing.  I don’t see a benefit so large in having those extras that would warrant the time and energy of working two jobs.  When did we stop teaching the basics?  I guess she’ll have to work that one out on her own.