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Weekly Bible Verse – A Departure

February 8, 2010 · Filed Under Weekly Bible Verse · Comments 

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.  Psalm 139:13 (NIV)

Wait – what does that have to do with personal finances?  On the surface, nothing, I guess.  But I’m going to use it to celebrate the birth of my fourth child!!  My wife gave birth to our third daughter last week and we are so excited to welcome her and her chubby cheeks into the world!  (It’s also the main reason there haven’t been that many posts here at BFN lately)

Now, sure this does have personal finance ramifications.  For instance, it’s another mouth to feed, more clothes to buy, more diapers, wipes, etc.  On the other hand, we do get another exemption on our tax return.  Of course, all of that is trumped by the big ticket items such as medical bills, health insurance, college tuition, a wedding some day, and so on and so forth.

But I’m not worrying about any of that right now.  Allow me to share a bonus verse with you:

Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward.  Psalm 127:3 (NASB)

A gift from God?  A reward from Him?  I like the sound of that!  I’ll worry about all the financial changes later (to be honest, these are the reasons we’ve been saving up and why we created an emergency fund in the first place) but right now, when I look upon her chubby cheeks and perfect round little face as she sleeps contentedly, I wholeheartedly agree with Psalm 127:3: she truly is a gift from God!

God bless and have a great week…

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  1. Sheila on February 9th, 2010 11:55 am

    Congratulations! She is certainly a blessing from God. I hope you guys get plenty of sleep! :)

  2. Gholmes on February 10th, 2010 7:19 pm

    Congratz!

  3. John on February 10th, 2010 10:37 pm

    Thanks very much for the well-wishes!

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