The Way. Story II

How do you think, my dear reader, what is the love of money, that one that is sinful love?

Isn't it the love of money when a husband gives money to his wife yelling on her at the same time that she has to do home stuff in the exact way he says?

Isn't it the love of money, when in a family is more important interests of the one who brings money?

Isn't it the love of money, when the boss, proudly raising his commanding glance, says: “How is the report not ready? I won’t give you the salary until you make it done”?

Isn't it the love of money, when the owner counting his incomes and expenses, decides that manager earns too many bonuses and simply does not pay them?

Isn't it the love of money, when not paying the contractor for the work done?

Isn't it the love of money, when employees are hired illegally with no rights?

Isn't it the love of money, when one behaves in the stores like a king to whom the throne should be served?

Isn't it the love of money when a wife is nagging her husband: “Go make money! Look how much money I bring, loser”?

Isn't it the love of money when a tourist, arriving at a resort, begins to behave like a pig, scattering dishes and butts with the words: “They will clean it away! I paid them”?

Money gives us a feeling of power. One who is taking care of home and is unemployed is dependent and must obey; the one you hired to work is automatically your slave and owes de-facto; a patient who has not paid directly to a doctor's pocket is treated differently; a first-class passenger is the first to board a lifeboat; a friend with a lower income cannot be right ... This love has many manifestations, it sows a lot in the souls and hearts of people of poisonous anger, pride, selfishness.

It’s hard to count each money in the wallet and deny yourself in everything because the family wants to eat. It's hard to come up with excuses from shopping to your friend, it's hard to find an argument to the question of why you are not at the sea vacation.

People love money, but it always has been. Mankind loves money, no matter what it is made of, whether it is leather, paper, bronze or gold. Crying is more comfortable in a limousine, it seems so? 

But crying, my dear reader, crying! Grief, illness, loss, and parting overtake everyone. And at the moment of tears, it doesn’t matter where you are, because the soul is crying with tears, and not the brain, which has loved Earthly good No. 1. Yes, it's hard to live without money.

Those are people who remain themselves under different life circumstances: in wealth and poverty, in illness and health, but not with pride, just simply with the confidence that there are more wrappers in their lives today, tomorrow less, and so on.

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This story began a long time ago, about 20 years ago.

Once upon a time, lived a girl. After graduating from university, she worked as a secretary in a factory. She got married but did not live long with her first husband and divorced. Her life was not very pleasing: her salary was meagre, she was lonely. And then one day, when she was in a bad mood, a young woman went to church, fell to her knees and began asking:

- Lord, I’m not asking for anything from you; give me only a good husband, a healthy child, and prosperity for our family. I'm not asking you for anything more!

She cried for a long time, then got up and left. After 2 weeks, she met her future husband, he was an engineer from the same factory. He was neither rich nor even financially secured, his salary was not much better than hers.

And after some time, the Lithuanians arrived at that factory. They wanted to open a store in Kyiv selling their products and were looking for a CEO. They asked the factory manager if he would recommend someone, and the factory manager suggested this young engineer. He said: 

- Hire him, he is very smart and your business will go well with him.

The Lithuanians hired that engineer and indeed their business went up. The young CEO’s salary became very good, and after some time he opened several his own business besides this store. And he and his wife began to live wealthy. They bought a car, then an apartment, then another car and were about to build a house outside Kyiv. A daughter was born, a normal, healthy child. But once the child was a week old, a woman woke up with psoriasis covered all her body.

She began to search for the causes and came to the Points to ask why it has happened to her and how she could be healed. God said that because she said: “I ask nothing more”, He gave it to her and that she suffers from the sins of her mother’s line grandmother.

In the 1930s, her grandmother was in charge of the kitchen in the orphanage. And there was a hunger and people came to grandmother asking for food. She gave food only in exchange for gold. Those who did not have gold died. Grandmother collected a lot of gold and gave half to her daughter and half to her granddaughter. And because our heroine did not ask for the forgiveness of sins, but asked for prosperity, she will be rich but will recover only when she becomes to hate her wealth.

In the parables of King Solomon, it is said that the root of all evil is the love of money. Many people sin precisely because of mercenary motives.

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