Do you know, the normal income of a male between the ages 25-64 is $43,473, that's 20 bucks an hour..... and a female is $33,351 which is 16 bucks an hour. I don't know about anyone else, but i have never made that kinda money working. When i had a full time job i was making $10.00 an hour....that was good money i thought, but that only equaled to around $20,000 a year, that is poverty level according to statistics. I only know a couple of people that make over $30,000 a year and that is older men that has worked for many years to get that far.
The reason for all of this is my boyfriend of 3 years just got this new job that he has been trying to get for the last year or so. He was making 11 an hour before and now he will be making 20 an hour for the Teamsters...i feel that is awesome money and a job like that is hard to get, but according to statistics THATS AVERAGE! Its no wonder there is so many people on some form of welfare....just can't afford the high price living these days.
I have to drive 10 miles to get one gallon of gas to mow the lawn...by the time i go there and back i have used a gallon of gas, that's 10 bucks in gas...whew!! $10.00 in gas 8 years ago got me through all week....and i drove everywhere...I can say i remember when gas was the same as the octane .....$.87 for 87 octane ....$.89 for 89 octane ....ooh how i miss those days.
I had found an old notebook the other day (there i go again with the notebook thing...lol) which had little love notes from my late husband and my sons scribbles in it, and there was a list of figures, like bills and stuff i had to get that day on a budget...well anyway it said $50.00 elect. $35.00 phone. and cigs $1.67.....I just about fell over...I'll never see prices that low again. This was no more than 9 years ago....just 9 years! Now my electric is no less that $90.00 and my phone no less than $80.00. I'm only 30 years old (only...lol i have to say 'only' its a mental thing i guess...bye-bye 20's.) I couldn't imagine being my mothers age and seeing how much prices has raised.
I guess i just have to get a lot off my chest.. or maybe its where I'm getting older and just realizing how things work. Has it always been this way or they are just trying to make everyone poor so we'll have to rely on the government for support?...then they will have complete control ....hmmm something to think about....
We were taught, as kids, to pray for things the we want to see, have or what we want to turn out. So many prayers seem as though they go unanswered but God will only grant you what you see yourself worthy of. Imagination is a powerful thing. Everything we see that was built by man started in a mind first, a dream, or a desire. God is our father. If I wanted to give my child something they longed for and they turned their head in shame as though they were not worthy of it, it would break my heart. How would I know they really needed it if they didn’t ask for it or seen themselves worthy of having it? Turn to your father, ask for forgiveness, not just because you have done wrong but ask for forgiveness that you feel the shame inside, the regret, the missed opportunities that you gave up. Ask for forgiveness that you never had faith that God was leading you all long and you ignored the blessings because someone told you that you weren’t worthy. Know your worth and give thanks t...
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