men and wearing chains

[Neighbor]

On 4/5/2023 at 3:30 PM, other one said:

Wouldn't make me look any better but about ten pounds of gold might make me feel a little better.

I suppose 160  ounces is about $320,000.- I think. 

Subject to tangible taxes ( In some USA States) each year. Also subject to recall (Confiscation) by the USA federal government as has happened in it's past history. FDR making ownership of it illegal and that not being repealed until President Gerald Ford.

Nothing physical is secure. That is why the wise adage of the Bible- put your treasure up where it cannot be stolen.

"“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

I suppose if one treasures their  tattoos they treasure something that will literally decompose and before it does that it will fade, smear, blend, and likely be distorted by wrinkles too.

 

[other one]

but it would surely make me feel better.

[kwikphilly]

5 minutes ago, other one said:

but it would surely make me feel better.

Absolutely!I just imagining how many could be Blessed if I were so bountifully Blessed- me too,Im sure to feel really good about that!

Funny thing is,$300k would be a certain solution for me,I could up and move in an instant and surely live in a wonderful place but I would have to seek God's Will and not just tnk about myself- not so easy,big temptations,mmm?

[Alive]

We would be able to move back home. We would like that.

[farouk]

On 4/8/2023 at 8:31 PM, Ghostdog said:

after a some thought i decided to put the pendant on a chain and put it in a small display case

So did you talk to your friend who gave it to you?

[farouk]

On 4/3/2023 at 12:08 AM, Willa said:

Got over the guy's studs & rings making me uncomfortable 10 years ago.

It's not unusual in many neighborhoods and families, where the simple practice of young guys studding their ears would be done customarily and naturally.

It wouldn't be unusual at our local church.

[farouk]

On 4/2/2023 at 7:05 PM, kwikphilly said:

 I've considered a new one many times but have not acted on it

@kwikphilly Fact is, that in some areas where there are not a few tattoo and piercing parlors many ppl sooner or late find their way in there and do it naturally.

Others - maybe like you also, IDK - seem to hover for years between wanting in theory to go in and do it and hesitating to do it.

(It's just a fact about how a lot of ppl do it naturally.)

Edited April 28, 2023 by farouk

[farouk]

On 3/28/2023 at 2:49 PM, Alive said:

I draw the line at nose rings.

LOL

@Alive Your personal preference as a man, right?

Actually the Lord Himself gave a nose ring to Zion - personified as a woman - in Ezekiel 16.12.

[JohnR7]

On 3/28/2023 at 2:15 PM, Ghostdog said:

the only jewery a man should wear is a wedding ring

I do not wear a wedding ring. When you do construction work it is too dangerous. The first thing they show us in our shop book in high school is a photo of a man who had his finger ripped off from his wedding ring. 

[Neighbor]

Side note regarding what "good" one could do with $300,000 or more: Seems my Lord appreciated enough to make special note of a lady that gave all she had even though it was a mere pittance.

Perhaps it is the heart with which one expresses the love for  their Lord that is noted, more so than who had the most to give out of their excess.

The poorest of us can give their all by doing all they do  to the Glory of God. Wealth can be  as much an inhibiter to doing that as poverty, maybe more so. Guess no matter where anyone is on the ladder of earthly wealth, there is both grand opportunity and serious shame to contend with alway.