When my kids were younger often they would ask me for a toy, money to go out, or something else that there was some cost to. Sometimes, I would give them a hard time and tell them “God helps those who help themselves.” They would tell me that they were too young to get a job to earn money so, within reason, I would usually give them what it was they were asking for.
I have often wondered where the statement “God helps those who help themselves” came from. So one day I decided to try to find out. I had thought that this statement had come from somewhere in the bible but I was wrong. I found that it is actually attributed to Benjamin Franklin.