Of course we must be responsible and save and manage money wisely to see that our families are taken care of. What I mean is a large sum of money saved back in order to secure a comfortable lifestyle once one retires from working.
A clarifying question would be, if a person has this large a sum of money sitting in an account (a decade or two before retirement)--what would be the difference between that person and the rich fool in Luke 12?
MM
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I think there is a lot in this statement that would need to be defined to answer the question. For one, living comfortably can mean different things. It can be the bare minimum of enough for proper food and shelter or it can mean expensive restaurants, weekly golf, hair appointments and weekend excursions. Secondly, you mention having retirement savings a decade or two before retirement may be similar to the rich fool. Not sure that cash and grain can be quite the same. I guess if we all could save the money we need to live "comfortably" for say 20 years after retirement in the one or two years prior, we wouldn't need to be building it up for decades. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Grain on the other hand can generally be replenished yearly and goes bad after a period of time. So I suppose the real question is how much is enough and what level of comfort is really necessary to avoid the trap of becoming like the rich fool in Luke 12.
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