Grease The Palm

[Poindexter]

Last Sunday my pastor talked about something that happened when he was a bible school teacher and a female student told him this. Readers Digest version true story...

She was in a marriage relationship and one day out of the blue her husband left and took the car and left her with no means of support and all the bills. Including the car. So she was planning on attending this bible school and she packed and went, not knowing how she would make it. She got to the town where the bible college was situated and found a part time job as a cashier in a local bank. She barely had enough money to live on. But one day she stuck her old bank card in an ATM and entered the pin. She expected it to be rejected. But it was validated and she was in the account she and her husband once shared. I guess they were by now legally separated. But the account had a large sum of money in it. She did an internal diagnostics on the situation and decided that she would not touch the money which her husband had access to and had obviously been making deposits etc. She felt that she was honoring God in so doing and sure enough a couple days later her bank manager called her in and said she was doing good work and gave her more hours. She felt that was a good response from heaven. More work for her keep.

I thought about it a few times this week and I think it was a debatable issue. The husband left her high and dry and even left her with all the debt. Now she has his number and could take money from this account. At least until he wised up to the fact. It is a fact they are still married. I would have taken as much as I needed, thank you very please. I think perhaps she would have been blessed either way. After all it was technically her money too.

[Guest man]

I thought about it a few times this week and I think it was a debatable issue. The husband left her high and dry and even left her with all the debt. Now she has his number and could take money from this account. At least until he wised up to the fact. It is a fact they are still married. I would have taken as much as I needed, thank you very please. I think perhaps she would have been blessed either way. After all it was technically her money too.

The money wasn't hers to take.

It doesn't matter if they were still technically married.

It's called stealing.

[Guest HIS girl]

If I was in her situation, I wouldn't touch the money.

[Poindexter]

I thought about it a few times this week and I think it was a debatable issue. The husband left her high and dry and even left her with all the debt. Now she has his number and could take money from this account. At least until he wised up to the fact. It is a fact they are still married. I would have taken as much as I needed, thank you very please. I think perhaps she would have been blessed either way. After all it was technically her money too.

The money wasn't hers to take.

It doesn't matter if they were still technically married.

It's called stealing.

She was still in a legal marriage.

[AnotherTraveler]

I thought about it a few times this week and I think it was a debatable issue. The husband left her high and dry and even left her with all the debt. Now she has his number and could take money from this account. At least until he wised up to the fact. It is a fact they are still married. I would have taken as much as I needed, thank you very please. I think perhaps she would have been blessed either way. After all it was technically her money too.

The money wasn't hers to take.

It doesn't matter if they were still technically married.

It's called stealing.

Hmmm

If the Lord led her to leave it alone, then she must follow the Lord's leading certainly. As for it not being hers, if they are still husband and wife LEGALLY, without any legal restrictions like a court order, she has as much right to all the maritial assets as he does. She can't steal from her own assets, they belong to her.

The husband might have been into illegial stuff besides being an unfaithful husband, and the money could have been ill gotten gains that, had she taken some, might have implicated her in some crime. Also, without a doubt such an action would generate wrath from him, and who knows? if he is sold out to sin, he might kill or destroy in rage.

We are always ahead of things to obey whatever the Lord leads us to do.

[Guest HIS girl]

Sometimes you have to think, "Will this make the situation worse? "

Even if they were still married, it would have made the situation worse.

She did the right thing I think.

[Poindexter]

Sometimes you have to think, "Will this make the situation worse? "

Even if they were still married, it would have made the situation worse.

She did the right thing I think.

I see your point but you must never have had your suitcase left on the sidewalk. Left with all the bills and told, "I do not love you anymore." No money and no home. It changes the perspective when the one you have been with has money. And you helped earn it or were a part of that person's life. Nothing in life is simple.

Edited October 24, 2008 by Poindexter

[Guest man]

If the Lord led her to leave it alone, then she must follow the Lord's leading certainly. As for it not being hers, if they are still husband and wife LEGALLY, without any legal restrictions like a court order, she has as much right to all the maritial assets as he does. She can't steal from her own assets, they belong to her.

From the realm of the flesh, yes, half of it is hers.

But when he left her, she knew he wanted nothing to do with her any longer and she accepted that.

The money he was depositing into the account was no longer their money, it was his and she knew that.

To take something that does not belong to you is stealing.

She made to right choice.

She trusted God.

[Guest man]

Sometimes you have to think, "Will this make the situation worse? "

Even if they were still married, it would have made the situation worse.

She did the right thing I think.

I see your point but you must never have had your suitcase left on the sidewalk. Left with all the bills and told, "I do not love you anymore." No money and no home. It changes the perspective when the one you have been with has money. And you helped earn it or were a part of that person's life. Nothing in life is simple.

It is if you have God on your side.

[Guest LadyC]

the money is as much legally hers as his, if they are still married and still have a joint bank account... and since she had an ATM card in her name with her own pin number, they obviously still did. so NO, IT WOULDN"T BE STEALING. by law, taking money out would not have been wrong. period.

however, she did what she believed honored God, and in so doing, God will honour the woman's faithfulness. so even though she would not have been in the wrong (legally or ethically), she did do what was right because she was obedient to God.