Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. Ecclesiastes 5:10
“The greatest humbug in the world is the idea that money can make a man happy. I never had any satisfaction with mine until I began to do good with it.”
Charles Pratt (1714-1794) on “Wealth” in A Dictionary of Thoughts, edited by Tryon Edwards (Detroit: Dickerson, 1908) 616.
As you think about Christmas and year-end, rather than spending money you don’t have, focus on doing good with what you do have.
Hearing the word “humbug” takes my mind to “Scrooge” in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. He was a miser who hoarded money for himself. Look what it did to him!
Measure your giving based on how much God has supplied. And if you have children, the best way to be sure they don’t end up like Scrooge is to model the way. Do good with it.