Mo Money Mo Problems

  
 HaHa. Funny In Living Color skit. Speaking of which I'll get to my Jim Carrey vs Adam Sandler blog sooner or later.  But, right now I wanna get into my blog about of course this past weekend's Mega Millions Madness itself, what it ties to living right now and from lessons I've learned from the Bible and how it could maybe help me or you.

  I bet like me you got caught up in the whole Mega Millions Madness that occured this weekend. Me and a couple of co-workers got together and chipped in for tickets. No one from Ohio had the winning numbers only tickets in Kansas, Illinois, and Maryland had them and so far we heard no one come forward to claim the $640 Million Jackpot. Well take away a lot from taxes and your left with half. It's amazing that people spend over 1.2 billion on Lotto Tickets that I wonder really how much of that is going into education and what are we truly spending our money on.
  I've never boughten into the whole lottery thing. It was only 2 bucks I've spent to chip into the lotto tickets but how often do people get lucky and win. Scratch offs are ok when they say you can win up to $100,000 but odds are you'll probably win your money back from buying the ticket itself. Now I can't believe I'm bringing up ProWrestling in all of this but if the Ric Flair Scratch off tickets were sold in Ohio I would defintely buy a few.

   Haha!! Even in commercials Ric Flair is still hitting on women. Well now at least he's hitting on women his own age now.

  Back to the blog. Now there have been horror stories of people winning these lottery jackpots in which people from around their social circle whenever it may be family, friends, or whomever that become they hanger ons of some sort and try to get them to buy things whenever it may be food, clothing or other type of items. Here are some stories going together with some facts.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46919052/ns/us_news/

http://news.yahoo.com/odds-ends-mega-millions-jackpot-lottery-172708687.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/322092/20120330/mega-millions-jackpot-lottery-curse-jack-whittaker.htm

Yep, apparently the odds so we say are not in our favors to have better or normal lives even after if you would hit the jackpot. I mean even as Christians we all fall short or try to find an easier way to make money or order to pay debt or have that money to afford better things. I just joked that if I would have won I wanted to buy the Columbus Crew so I can make them the "New York Yankees" of Major League Soccer. (I'm sure you would appreciate that DeLeon :)

I mean playing the lottery is fun once in awhile but don't get caught up in it, bad habits can turn it into addiction. Look what happened to Ohio State QB Art Schlichter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Schlichter

He's now back in jail for scheming people out of money. That's another thing. You here stories of professional athletes like Allen Iverson and Terrell Owens(T.O.) who during their heyday or peak in their careers spent a lot of money on their homes, cars, etc and end up not having a whole lot more whenever it be paying taxes or sadly child support towards the end. I wish many of these athletes would spend money when they start out on there professional careers on accountants to help them keep track of their expenses. Yet many of them come from rough lives and when they get this money they don't know how to spend it and usually their old friends hang out with them and become their hanger-ons until the money runs out. Like I said can be mentioned about those who win Mega Millions jackpot.

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

I mean we always dream for a little bit better lives where we can earn more money. I know I do. I wish I could make a little more money at work. In fact work's been the main cause of my stress the last couple of months. Which is why I'm considering possibly taking some more graduate courses, hoping the work more meets as an official this track & field season, and getting a certification license to be a running coach. But, I remember to try to work hard and things will come.

Philippians 4:19
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.


I'm always reminded in life that I have a lot more than what many people do not have. I should consider myself very lucky and I would hope everybody else would to. We should be blessed to live in a nation with so much despite the fact that this economy is not what we want it to be. It would also be great to give and volunteer to those who are in need.

Acts 20:35
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

That passage is deeply true. I feel guilty about not giving enough like I want to but it does give a good feeling in the soul when you do whenever it be your money or time.

We all stress about money but it is wise to know what we are spending it on and to be thankful. The best advice I learned about gambling or when I'm getting into something like March Madness Brackets and Fantasy Football is this, "Don't Gamble if you can't afford to lost it!!"

I'm D-Money and that's my two cents!!!