A couple of years later, sitting on back porch of bigger place Lord gave me, I observed a storm approaching. It began to rain as thunder roared, and lightning struck. I always liked to watch this fantastic display. It reminds me of God's power and majesty. A display like this was far more spectacular than any fireworks show I've ever seen. Suddenly, I heard a boom like roar of a bomb exploding. It was loud and near. A split second later, my porch shook as a great ball of lightning size of a pickup truck hit a pecan tree about 100 yards away! It was intensely blue like flame of a propane burner. Needless to say, that 70 plus year old tree was fried. Within days, leaves began to turn brown and fall off, and within a few weeks, dead branches were falling.

As I saw this, I thought on that time those two tiny holes on plastic strips allowed enough contact to continue to provide electricity and how great ball of lightning represented just a small portion of power of my God.

Job 38.35 "Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?"

I believe that most of us have a basic understanding of discipline, however in today's society we don't have to choose between food and a big screen TV. We want it all - we can have it all - NOW. It's too bad that many times this will come back to haunt us.

If you want to prevent your money problems, you have to have discipline to sacrifice. You need to understand that your needs come first, that you have limited financial resources and that never spending more than you earn each month is essential to your families financial survival.

It is even more important that you learn discipline and sacrifice if you already have money problems. When you develop these skills and hopefully overcome your financial woes, you will have a better chance of preventing it from happening again.