Self-Reliance

What a wonderful opportunity we have to serve others, but before we can serve others we have to be able to take care of ourselves. We need to do those things to educate ourselves so that we can provide for our family. It is a wonderful thing when we have been able to establish ourselves physically and financially as a church as well as an individual, so that when there are emergencies or disasters we are able to take care of ourselves as well as offer assistance and support to others in need.

It is very important to my own self worth to know that I have established myself to the point to where I can be independent and in a position to where I can provide for my family without having to rely on others. What a wonderful feeling I had the first time I got a job and started to earn my own money, so that I could learn to support myself. What a heartbreaking thing it is to see, when there are so many people just sitting around waiting for others to provide for them. I wish they could know the joy of being able to provide for them selves and the blessings that come from being self reliant.