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Faith Forum ~ Spiritual Bartering By Gloria Wessner

In the ”old days,” especially before printed money was commonplace, bartering was the backbone of everyday life. A person would have the goods that someone wanted in exchange for perhaps some work to be done; resulting in negotiating a transaction where both parties felt they received a good and fair deal.
What an exchange Jesus offers to us! If the above description were followed when it came to trading our life for his - we more than get the better end of the deal. He offers me his perfect love, care, goodness, patience and joy in exchange for my broken life, messed up plans and relationships, broken promises, lies and unfulfilled dreams. He even died a cruel death by choice, for me, in order to be able to offer me that trade.
“He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.” (Titus 2:14 The Message)
As far as God is concerned, he doesn't feel he gets the worse end of the trade. In the first place he created us, so we know he valued us right from the beginning. (Psalm 139 says “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous how well I know it.” verses 13 and 14 NLT) Secondly, he died for us because sin or selfishness entered the world (through Adam and Eve disobeying God), so we needed a way back to Him, as shown by his death and then coming back to life again. So there again he shows how much he values us. “We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us...” (1 John 3:16a NLT)
It's shown clearly from his words that he wants us to have his life. If we make the exchange of my life for his, Psalm 18 says “…he delights in me.” (vs. 19b)
You may want to consider exchanging your broken life for his perfect one - I would encourage you to write me at: gloriawes@hotmail.com with any discussion you'd like to have.

Ted Menzies: Pooled Registered Pension Plans: Building a Stronger Retirement Income System for Canadians Public Consultation Process Launched

The Honourable Ted Menzies, Minister of State (Finance), spoke at the Investment Funds Institute of Canada's Annual Industry Conference about how the introduction of Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPPs) will leverage Canada's financial sector advantage to build a stronger retirement income system.
“Our government is committed to fostering an even stronger, more innovative and more competitive Canadian financial sector than ever before,” said Menzies. “Once implemented, PRPPs will provide Canadians with an innovative new, privately administered, low-cost and accessible pension vehicle to help meet their retirement objectives.”
PRPPs will differ from existing Registered Pension Plans in that they will allow individuals who currently may not participate in a pension plan, such as the self-employed and employees of companies that do not offer a pension plan, to benefit from a large-scale, low-cost pension plan.
“This development is especially important for millions of small business owners and their employees, who will now have access to a private pension plan for the very first time,” continued Menzies. “Since these plans will involve large pooled funds, plan members will also benefit from the lower investment management costs. In effect, they will be buying bulk.”
For more information on PRPPs and how to submit views on the framework please visit the Finance Canada website at: http://www.fin.gc.ca/act/prpp-prac/index-eng.asp.

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Plastic, Paper or Polymer

The look and feel of Canadian Money is changing! Starting mid-November, the Bank of Canada will introduce polymer-based bank notes into circulation beginning with the $100 bill, followed by the $50 bill in March 2012 and the remaining denominations will be issued by the end of 2013.
Polymer bank notes are printed on a smooth, durable film. There are over 30 countries that currently print some or all of their denominations on polymer, including Australia, Mexico and Romania.
Canada's new polymer bank notes are secure (security features are easy to verify and hard to counterfeit), durable (expected to last at least 2.5 times longer), innovative (the most advanced ever issued in Canada and among the most secure in the world) and better for the environment (will have a lower impact on the environment and will be recycled).
For more information about the new polymer bank notes, please visit the Bank of Canada's website at :
www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes