Early on in our marriage
my husband and I had a paradigm shift in relation to how we viewed money. We had been married a couple of years and
found out that we were expecting our first child. We felt prompted that I should stay home with
our children. As we viewed the feasibility
of this option, we realized that the only reason I couldn’t stay home was because
my paycheck was needed to pay off our debt.
It was eye opening to see how money would control the choices we would
have to make because we hadn’t taken the time to manage our money. From that moment on, we decided that we would
rather plan and think ahead when it came to money so that it could work in our
favor instead of against us. This was a
life altering lesson for us.
In the speech, Attitude
on Money, by Stephen W. Gibson he states, “One of the big factors that
distinguishes the rich from the poor is their chances for learning” and I feel
that our family has seen proof of that in our own lives. We have been blessed with opportunities that wouldn’t
have been available to us without us having learned to take charge of our financial
health – such as my husband going back to school to further his education and my
ability to go back to school as well. While
I wouldn’t consider us necessarily rich, I have been able to stay at home with our
children and we’ve been able to have a large family and still live on one
paycheck. I feel that this has been one
of the greatest blessings of us learning to manage our money and resources.
I liked how Gibson he related
that making money is a talent. He says
that like any talent, some people have an innate talent for making money. However, even if you aren’t born with this
talent, you can still practice at it and gain this talent. There is so much good that can be
accomplished with money that it is something we should consider working to
become better at. In Jacob 2: 19, Jacob
says, “After ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, if ye
seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to do good.” If this is the desire of our hearts, then I believe
that the Lord would be very pleased with our efforts to make money. I feel that by starting my business, I can
accomplish many things for the Lord, if it is His will. I can not only teach my children about business,
but also in the process, teach them how to care for others around them with the
blessings God has given us.
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