Racket

My friend Joel threw out a topic for future discussions: racket. We were talking about a friend who constantly complains about not having any money. He's always in a financial bind. You ask him to go somewhere and his reply is "I don't have the money to do that." Joel commented that that was his racket, kind of a way of life he's talked himself into so that he doesn't have to do anything about his problem. I guess another way I'd say it is "the noise we create so that we don't have to face the truth."

I've got some racket of my own. I always say "I've made a lot of mistakes with my money" (and I'm still making them) or "My finances are crappy." Every time Joel calls I tell him this. He must be tired of my racket. I could stick to my budget and pay off my debt and move on with life. But I like the racket!

I'm too busy...more racket. I've been saying this since I began working with Gary way back in '96. Once again, I don't want to do anything about it. I like the racket!

One more: I want to go into full-time ministry. Can I have an Amen on this racket? If you know me, this noise has been around for most of my adult life and yet I haven't done a proactive thing about it.

I guess racket's good when you haven't got another song.