Last night I went to Enrichment and we had two seminars on coupons and Dave Ramsey. I am going to try learning about both because I was shown how they will help me learn to save money and plan better for the future.
The reason I wanted to blog about this was because I liked the ending message. The only reason to spend time on saving money is to have more time to spend on the Lord's work. Sure missions were always in the picture for Ben and I, but I never thought about how much they would cost. I also liked that the underlying message was to follow the Lord's teachings on money. It was a message that I had not thought of before: 1. Be honest with the Lord. (Pay tithes) 2. Be honest with yourself (what do you need to help build up the kingdom of God, including your family) and 3. Be honest with your fellowmen (pay debts, don't try to get others to lose money so that you can gain, etc.) How often do I think of others when thinking about money. Maybe around Christmas or birthdays.
I always get the message from the world, what about you? Just the other day, Oprah was telling me, what about you as a woman? Why should the women sacrifice her life for the family? A book author was saying, nobody wants to be the wife anymore. What would you have me do women of the world?
I am sacrificing a job, a set of skills I suppose, a way to feel of worth to others in the world. But I would sacrifice that a million times before sacrificing my precious time as a mother. How many precious years do I get to have and take care of children? After this life there will be need for only two things. A mother and a father. The Lord will not ask, where is the nurse, business associate, or lawyer. He will ask, Are you worthy to be a mother or a father. For only those most obedient and faithful will get to claim that title in the highest degree of glory.
Hm...thats some good food for thought char. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI love your last paragraph! That is so great.
ReplyDeleteVery good point! I have thought about that a lot, how so many women just have kids, send them off to day-care and go back to work. I just want to yell at them! "You're missing your child's life! You are their mom and you just missed everything because of a silly job!" It just makes me so sad. I can't imagine missing all the little things every day; all the teaching moments and playtime, etc. that turns them into who they will be as adults.
ReplyDeleteI ready that book by Dave Ramsey. It's really good. I also liked how he focuses on what you can do for other people when you have the means for it. I had never thought about it before, but my dad mentioned one time how you can't be called as a really high-up position in the church unless you are financially stable. Like to be a mission president, or something. Anyway, thanks for your post.
Thanks for the support ladies. You give me hope and I love your life examples!!
ReplyDeleteWell said my dear. I have your same feelings at the moment. The other day Ryan's manager met me and said: "Your boy is so cute! Oh my gosh! I know the best daycare by your house!" I just thought it was great that that was the first thing out of her mouth. Then our apartment managers said: "Oh if we knew that our child would be that cute, we would have one. I guess we'll just stick with our cats." Oh my word! Welcome to California!
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