Who is rich?

[benshelpmeet]

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that, nobody.

by Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790



A rich man once said to a poor man...''those are they which make you poor,'' the poor man replied, ''no those are they that make me rich.''

I like that one and agree!

[Brother Ben]

I found this, and thought you'd like it.

From C.H. Spurgeon's, 'Treasury of David.' Comments on Psalm 127:5

Psa 127:5 Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Verse 5. I remember a great man coming into my house, at Waltham, and seeing all my children standing in the order of their age and stature, said, "These are they that make rich men poor." But he straight received this answer, "Nay, my lord, these are they that make a poor man rich; for there is not one of these whom we would part with for all your wealth." It is easy to observe that none are so gripple and hard fisted as the childless; whereas those, who, for the maintenance of large families, are inured to frequent disbursements, find such experience of Divine providence in the faithful management of their affairs, as that they lay out with more cheerfulness what they receive. Wherein their care must be abated when God takes it off from them to himself; and, if they be not wanting to themselves, their faith gives them ease in casting their burden upon him, who hath more power and more right to it, since our children are more his than our own. He that feedeth the young ravens, can he fail the best of his creatures?—Joseph Hall, 1574-1656.