If you could choose between having perfect health your entire life, but it came with extreme poverty, or, wealth beyond your wildest wooly ones that was accompanied by at least one major illness, which would you choose?......Why?
I'd choose health even if it came with extreme poverty! Riches cannot keep you healthy, (just pumped up with medication or something), plus, you still have one major illness, so what's the point in being rich?
I think my concept is being content and happy with what the Lord can give me (health) rather than wanting what the world can give me (wealth). - Being healthy means happiness to me. ;)
good point curly. I think I'd go for the health too, if the deal was the Lord always gave me my daily bread (which He always does). They that preach by the Gospel shall live of the Gospel. So I'd rather be a healthy begger girl preaching the Gospel!
But ... the catch is, the Lord usually DOES give us good health, but do we preserve it by being obedient with the health rules?
Who is to say that wealth isn't a gift from God??! Again it's all a matter of how you look at it... see he gave you wealth so you can deal with the sickness or he gave you health so you could deal with the poverty. What if you were poor and sick... Money per se' isn't evil or of the devil.
Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give. Charles Caleb Colton
Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty. Leo Rosten (1908 - )
Lack of money is the root of all evil. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Ummm...wake, the option of "poor and sick" isn't the deal that Brian is asking about. - Otherwise my choice would have been different. - Its "poor but perfect health your entire life"! We're working with the options he gave us here...which is why I put my choice. What's your choice? Mine makes sense to me, let's hear yours. ;)
(Note to self and wake: Now I know why you left me that offline...Ha! Ti voglio bene cara! :D)
Well...happiness is a state of mind, sure it can make life easier and stress free as in financially stress free. But bottom line happiness comes from within as it's been said "Money may make it possible to buy the good things in life, but money can't buy a good life." But yes I'm not rich so I really don't know, but what I do know is that I am a happy person regardless if I am richer or poorer
Uh, Duh!....I must have been on the moon, last night..forgive me..of course you already gave your answer..stupid me.
And I'm officially making Wake's answer my own...simply because of that logic that I'll have to struggle anyway.
Although let's think for a minute about the words "major illness"...I don't know if I would really choose to be REALLY sick, simply because it came with a lot of money....
So yeah, y'all...I'm gonna have to be confused for a little while longer and make up my mind later. But I can see that it's one of these things that I could be truly stuck on permanantly...let's see!
It's okay to be rich and own money, as long as the money doesn't own you. You can do alot with money, include cure diseases or at least keep yourself as comfortable as possible through it. If I had money, I'd catch a plane and drop loads over Soweto. Like Nyx said, I'd also give my family everything they've ever wanted. And myself included. :D Gosh, I'd better shut up. Could go on all day. The Lord did promise the Family would become a financial superpower, so I guess we just need to keep being obedient to Him and His Word, and all those millions will be added unto us. :)
You know, there may be another catch... It says "Perfect health your entire life....but came with extreme poverty". That COULD mean that it would COME with extreme poverty, AT FIRST, so you could work your way out of it...I would choose the good health, and pray to GOD for ppl skills. You know, there is always a catch. LIke when Solomon picked wisdom...he got the riches with it. Not a bad choice, ey? Being healthy is certainly something rich seek after. "You waste your health to become rich, and then waste your wealth trying to regain it." I choose good health. Where there is a will, there is a way.
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Well, my mother always used to tell me that it's better to be rich and healthy than to be poor and sick...:)
But you've got to choose...you can only choose one...
Read the question again & CHOOSE!!!
Have a good one!
I'd choose health even if it came with extreme poverty! Riches cannot keep you healthy, (just pumped up with medication or something), plus, you still have one major illness, so what's the point in being rich?
I think my concept is being content and happy with what the Lord can give me (health) rather than wanting what the world can give me (wealth). - Being healthy means happiness to me. ;)
Depends on what the major illness is... cuz if it's something that plastic surgery can correct, then all I need is money :-P
Well said, Curly!!!
Anj, you found a way right out of it, didn't you?--How clever!
good point curly. I think I'd go for the health too, if the deal was the Lord always gave me my daily bread (which He always does). They that preach by the Gospel shall live of the Gospel. So I'd rather be a healthy begger girl preaching the Gospel!
But ... the catch is, the Lord usually DOES give us good health, but do we preserve it by being obedient with the health rules?
Who is to say that wealth isn't a gift from God??!
Again it's all a matter of how you look at it... see he gave you wealth so you can deal with the sickness or he gave you health so you could deal with the poverty.
What if you were poor and sick...
Money per se' isn't evil or of the devil.
Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.
Charles Caleb Colton
Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty.
Leo Rosten (1908 - )
Lack of money is the root of all evil.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Ummm...wake, the option of "poor and sick" isn't the deal that Brian is asking about. - Otherwise my choice would have been different. - Its "poor but perfect health your entire life"! We're working with the options he gave us here...which is why I put my choice. What's your choice? Mine makes sense to me, let's hear yours. ;)
(Note to self and wake: Now I know why you left me that offline...Ha! Ti voglio bene cara! :D)
Rich and sick... I'll struggle either way, but why not struggle with a little more ease? :))
I would be wealthy.....
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...just to see what its like, since I have been poor and healthy all my life.
ha ha, I with Nyx!
I was about to break the question down further for dear Wake (like it could've been clearer), when I saw that Curly had already done that...
Wake's second answer made me think...it's really talking about 2 different types of struggles, isn't it?
I was asking myself this question at the same time as asking all of you...
I still don't really know what I'd choose.
plus, even if I was sick...if I could support my family, and they were fine, plus of course help other people with the riches, it would be okay.
She has a point.....
Yep leave it to the women to make up ur mind for you.. we are unusually rational this time round ahaha
richness fer sure... might as well enjoy the little bit of life you do have..
(cue the mobs on 'money cant buy happiness' ... but um .. yes.. how would you know?)
Well...happiness is a state of mind, sure it can make life easier and stress free as in financially stress free. But bottom line happiness comes from within as it's been said "Money may make it possible to buy the good things in life, but money can't buy a good life."
But yes I'm not rich so I really don't know, but what I do know is that I am a happy person regardless if I am richer or poorer
Well said.....but Choose, Wake!....Choose!
You're right on in your statement, but you still haven't answered the question....
But I have my love.. the answer was "Rich and sick... I'll struggle either way, why not struggle with a little more ease :))"
Uh, Duh!....I must have been on the moon, last night..forgive me..of course you already gave your answer..stupid me.
And I'm officially making Wake's answer my own...simply because of that logic that I'll have to struggle anyway.
Although let's think for a minute about the words "major illness"...I don't know if I would really choose to be REALLY sick, simply because it came with a lot of money....
So yeah, y'all...I'm gonna have to be confused for a little while longer and make up my mind later. But I can see that it's one of these things that I could be truly stuck on permanantly...let's see!
It's okay to be rich and own money, as long as the money doesn't own you. You can do alot with money, include cure diseases or at least keep yourself as comfortable as possible through it. If I had money, I'd catch a plane and drop loads over Soweto.
Like Nyx said, I'd also give my family everything they've ever wanted. And myself included. :D
Gosh, I'd better shut up. Could go on all day.
The Lord did promise the Family would become a financial superpower, so I guess we just need to keep being obedient to Him and His Word, and all those millions will be added unto us. :)
Well said, Joykie...!
Extreme poverty & good health never seem to get along. Your "entire life" in extreme poverty might mean a month or two!
So I'd go for wealth! :D
At least you get a chance to do something worthwhile...
Oh, you mean, from starvation?
--I didn't think about that...
Of course, if you see the ones in "the village" here in Africa that have no money, some are still able to grow Yams & Kasava & this...
So perhaps despite poverty, one could still learn to live off the land??
Funny...I sound like I'm promoting poverty here...it's not that!--It's just that I really don't see myself ever choosing to be sick.
Fine, I've just convinced myself/made up my mind...
I CHOOSE POVERTY WITH PERFECT HEALTH.
Of course, in Heaven I'll get the best of both--perfect health with a huge reward (I hope, on the huge part...:) )
You know, there may be another catch...
It says "Perfect health your entire life....but came with extreme poverty". That COULD mean that it would COME with extreme poverty, AT FIRST, so you could work your way out of it...I would choose the good health, and pray to GOD for ppl skills. You know, there is always a catch. LIke when Solomon picked wisdom...he got the riches with it. Not a bad choice, ey? Being healthy is certainly something rich seek after. "You waste your health to become rich, and then waste your wealth trying to regain it." I choose good health. Where there is a will, there is a way.
Well said, Mich...
Words of wisdom there...
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