I am currently reading a book by Catherine Ponder titled “The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity”.  Ms. Ponder is one of America’s foremost inspirational authors and has written more than a dozen books and many of them deal with prosperity.

There is a passage from her book that I feel is important to relate.  The title of the passage is “Poverty is a Sin” and the passage states “It is shockingly right instead of shockingly wrong for you to be prosperous. Obviously, you can’t be happy if you are poor, and you need not be poor.  It is a sin. Poverty is a form of hell caused by man’s blindness to God’s unlimited good for him. Poverty is dirty, uncomfortable, degrading experience. Poverty is actually a form of disease and in its acute phases, its seems to be a form of insanity.”

When I initially read this passage I found it shocking. The paradigm I was brought up with (especially in my Roman Catholic experience) was that being poor was a high form of goodness. I have always been embarrassed of my success. Thank you Catherine Ponder for helping me understand that success is something to celebrate….

You can read more about Catherine Ponder and her work at http://catherineponder.wwwhubs.com/.