Within your means…and by faith
Living (surviving) on what I have
I got a job in December of 2018.
I was thrilled to say the least. My daughter was ready to start school, and I also wanted her to have the school experience she had been yearning for. You can imagine I was frantic, trying to imagine where the money would come from given that my spouse and I were both unemployed at that time.
Since then I have taken my financials and my faith very seriously. Looking back, every other time I worried myself into migraines wondering where I would get my next income from God came through. Even then, somehow, through my own efforts and God I managed to get by. This time around, I was ready to take the financial diet seriously.
2017, was my year from hell. It started on a downhill trend from January, and after a year the worst happened. I won’t talk about it here but when you hit rock bottom the only way to go is up!
It takes losing everything to rely on your faith fully, because you don’t have anything or anyone else to lean on like God. You have to trust, and place your faith in something sure, and that will never be a man (or woman). My family was there for me. they supported me through a much needed time of healing for me. I had a different perspective on life, and after a year of running battles in my marriage, I can say healing has taken place significantly and I can rejoice in forgiveness.
As someone who does not forgive easily, I am learning the freedom it can give me. There’s a peace in forgiving and letting go of a past that remains unchanged. This article is so enlightening and it would do anyone good to read it, just to gain some insight on what forgiveness looks like.
I can now say I am finally saving as I have been planning to do for ages. It is a good culture to pick up at 26, and obviously the earlier the better.
I have also learned that worrying is useless. It is better to think and act strategically, but as we are emotional beings worrying is part of being human. Instead we should just try and act wisely, planning for our future and being responsible. Honestly, there will be moments to ‘play hard’ as well. However, we can’t actually play and enjoy it to the fullest without planning to spend ‘carelessly’ in the future :-)
My final lesson is to welcome hardship. Only then is true strong character formed and revealed.
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