Greetings!

This week, God has been speaking to me about being a good steward. It’s not that I am frivolous in my spending, or purposely wasteful, but by not consciously thinking about the things I spend my money on I am being careless with the things God is trusting me with. I have to keep reminding myself that everything belongs to God, and that we are just managing it for Him.When I think about it that way, it makes me sad that I may be letting God down.  

When I started looking at how I was “managing” it…I saw how incompetent I was being, but I know enough not to dwell on that. Statistics show that it takes at least three weeks to make or break a habit, and we have never really even talked about our spending…we just spent. So, I know it is not going to be easy, but God knows everything about us, even the things we don’t yet know about ourselves, and He has given us grace to make it through. I am confident that I have the victory…I just have to keep trying. I will not give up, because God has never given up on me. The desire is there, and the Bible says that if we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our heart, and I believe that.

Now that God has me on board, I have been working to get my house in order. That means getting my husband to see it the way God does.  For the first time we are working together, and I am confident that God did not lead us down this path to a dead end.  We have had to look not only at our spending, but also at the time we spend with Him, and how we represent Him. This whole experience has brought us closer to God, and I am sure that was His purpose all along.

Until next time…

Be blessed