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I have found myself struggling with the amount of money that I spend each week eating out at work. To some, it may not seem like a great deal of money.  Of course, it may seem like a total misuse of funds to others. I see it as a mixture of both, as I want to eat, I just need to figure out a way to accomplish this that is both financially sound and ‘stomach-satisfying’ at the same time.  Standing in the middle of the road, right? I try to not spend over $60 a week. This includes my breakfast and lunch for 5 days a week.  I really enjoy my morning coffee and kolaches I get from Smiley’s Donuts; actually it is called Friendly’s Donuts.  The sign for the business has a big smiley face on it, so I call it Smiley’s.  I spend $3.50 each morning for a total of $17.50 a week, leaving me $42.50 for my week of lunches.

If I take this $42.50 and divide it by the 5 days, I am left with $8.50 for each lunch. It sounds like more than enough to me, but there are times that I have to “drag the sack” at a friendly location that likes having the police come inside and, as a result, I may not have to pay for the lunch. The only downside to this is that the food is not looked upon as the healthiest thing I could be eating.  I feel like I am wasting a lot of money each week as I spend this $60 week in and week out.  If it does not sound like a lot at first glance, it may not be; but as you look at the bigger picture of how much this is for the average month, then for the year, it does add up.  Just the simple math of $60 times 52 weeks, equals $3,120. Now I don’t know about you, but that is a nice amount of money.

Some of you may be faithful in bringing your lunch to work every day or most days.  I have only done so a couple of times and tried several times.  This is one area that I can definitely make some improvement on. There have been several occasions that I have had a lunch sitting in the fridge waiting to be taken to work, but I forget it and end up spending money at work.

Am I the only one that thinks about this or thinks this way? Am I fretting over a few dollars when there are other areas that I need to look at that could be easier to control and actually make a difference in my financial life?

I am open for suggestions, thoughts and ideas if you are willing to share. Let me know.

If this does not make you smile, you need some help.

Little Darling Song, Sang 47 Years Apart.   

I just wanted to let you know how it is going in the blogshere ranking.  As you are well aware I only came back a little over a week ago and after the first post my ranking was over 15 million.  Now with only a few posts and the help of you clicking on the title of those emails you receive which bring you to go to the actual blog site, the ranking is now under 10  million at the time I write this post.

You may think that this is not a major change, but I assure you that it is a very nice move.  So thank you very much.

Please bring on the comments and suggestions on topics to cover and or expand on.

I will say that I am very surprised I did not receive any comments on the Beer, Bohemianism, and True Christianity post.  Even if it was to agree with me, but I did think I would get some “debate” on the issue.  Anyway, click on the the link in the email to take you to the site, it helps raise that traffic ranking.

A blog post was recently brought up by my pastor which is entitled: Beer, Bohemianism, and True Christian Liberty.  The blog was written by John MacArthur.  The above link will take you to the post which I highly encourage you to read more than once, as well as the bible references that go along with the post.

I find myself wanting to put this out into my small circle of influence as I see this same thing all to often.  I could tell story after story from work related events, involving just about any and every age. I am constantly reminded of the moral decay that is out in the world and, too often, in the church.  Please do not take anything I say to mean that I believe I have it all together and am living the perfect life. I know that I am a sinner saved by grace and nothing on my part contributed to Christ saving me.  I know that if I were left to myself, that I would be a dredge to society, a enemy of Christ.

With that being said, I am still appalled that many who claim the name of Christ believe they can abound in sin and simply ask to be forgiven and think the sin does not affect anyone, that there are no consequences or penalty for their actions.  There is more to the saying of ‘ our moral compass is off ‘,  as I can point out countless broken moral compasses everyday; even those works that, apart from Christ, are filthy rags.  I have wandered from the subject matter I believe, but wish to point out that I would love for you to read John MacArthur’s article and share it with others.  You can even leave comments, etc.

I subscribe to a blog, War on Terror News, for obvious reasons, as my 2 oldest sons are in the Marine Corp. and this blog posts information everyday. I have found some great information from this blog over the past few years.

Today’s post was the start of a 4 part series to help, give information, to veterans to assist them in their job search.  The information may not personally apply to you, but you may know someone that this information could be useful to.  If you do, please forward the information to that person, with due credit to the blog, War on Terror News.

How to get a job, Part 1