I was talking to a friend the other day who was about to start homeschooling her children. In the course of this conversation, she said, "I know I'm not supposed to call it a 'blessing,' but I don't know how else to say it. I feel blessed that we have a 3rd paycheck this month just in time to help buy things we'll need to start homeschooling." Now, I'm not positive that this blog post is what my friend was referring to when she said she knew she wasn't supposed to call a paycheck a blessing, but it's what I immediately recalled. It's a popular blog post that I've seen on my Facebook feed several times. I've seen it posted by compassionate, thoughtful Christian friends, so I've read it several times now as it has come up in my feed. I may have even "liked" it at some point as I felt it pushed against the prosperity gospel, which I believe is an incredibly destructive teaching. However, it has sat less and less well ...