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An Inspirational Message for the Month of April 2024 – Down to Earth Wisdom from the Book of Proverbs – Money Matters – By Charles Schokman If ‘money talks’, as the saying goes, the most common word in its vocabulary seems to be, “Goodbye”! No wonder Solomon wrote, “Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle” (Prov 23.5). A recent Gallup statistic puts the median annual household income worldwide (including extremes of wealth and poverty) at US$9,733. Australians overall are doing well with a mean income of $79,800, according to Forbes Advisor – though others give slightly different figures. King Solomon, the main author, and compiler of the book of Proverbs was one of the richest men of his day, obscenely so! 1 Kings 10:14 informs us “The weight of the gold that ...