Article June 21, 1952 Issue

LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS

DONNA C. LAYTON

Wisdom and intelligent economy direct us to live within our means, but it is also wise rightly to evaluate those means, to recognize their scope as well as their restrictions.

In the fifteenth chapter of Luke is the Master's beloved parable of the prodigal son. It is also the parable of the limited son. While the younger son "wasted his substance with riotous living," spending foolishly, extravagantly, and with no thought of the outcome, the elder brother is portrayed as failing to grasp the full measure of his wealth.

"Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine." was the gentle reminder of their father, and these words point to the unlimited scope of our heavenly Father's means. The elder brother typifies that element of mortal mind which fears it may be deprived of some portion of good because it fails to realize that the complete substance of God, good, is man's by reflection. Man cannot be deprived of any part of true substance, for the Father bestows unlimited abundance on each and every one of His children.

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