Proverbs 16:8“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.”
I’ve been working on my taxes this week. Reluctantly. It’s hard to have to report dividend income on stocks that took a suicidal dive.
But I will. For it is “far better to be right and poor than to be wrong and rich” (The Message).
I think of Jesus, with no place to lay his head. Of Paul telling Timothy, “If we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.” (1 Timothy 6:8). Of his letter to the Philippians: "I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content" (Philippians 4:11).
Money buys stuff, but stuff doesn’t count.
So if I give the government more of my money than I want to, what have I lost? Really, nothing. The clear conscience I gain is worth much more.
