Financial Advise From Jed Clampett?

Well, here's an unlikely source of good financial advise--but good financial advise it is! 21st-century Americans would do well to be as content financially as ole Jed. This is one of my favorite scenes from the old show, The Beverly Hillbillys.

Running the Race

"Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it (1 Cor 9:24-25).


". . .let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, . . ." (Heb 12:1-3).


Here's a story that puts these verses in perspective.

The Future Forecasted in the Past

Some old pictures iconically point toward the future, and this is one of them. It's Winter, around 1971. I'm taking the picture (the shadow), and my 3 little brothers are working on our new "recreation room" (my grandfather and stepfather's do-it-yourself project). From the time we were very little, all 4 of us were ever surrounded by tools (ladders, hammers, and wheelbarrows), as well as construction projects. All 3 of my little brothers ended up making a living via construction, and I went on to tackle numerous DIY construction projects of my own--as well as being the family member who usually takes the family pictures.