Day 10. What is Jesus teaching you as a wife, mom, or friend? (Or just woman in general?)
1. Jesus is teaching me patience. He knows that's a tough one for me. I lose my patience way too easily, and I just need to calm it down and wait.
2. Jesus is teaching me trust Him in general. "I know what's best for you, Laura. What part of, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you' didn't you understand?" Yeah, I guess I need to keep hearing that. Over and over. Being unemployed for 6 months kind of allowed forced me to trust. He had the perfect job for me, but I just had to wait for it. Yeah, He really is looking out for me. Always.
3. Jesus is teaching me to trust Him with finances. Probably this is pretty much a lesson for everyone. We started tithing. It seems like an enormous amount initially. It's definitely trust issue at first, but slowly and surely we are learning that God really does provide for you even without that 10%. I have no idea why we didn't tithe before. Someone encouraged us to start, and we have been so, SO blessed. And I feel much closer to God partially as a result of tithing. If you don't already, I would really encourage you to trust God with your finances and tithe. Do it first, before you pay any other bills. That way you aren't looking at your bank account and saying, "I don't have any extra for you, God." Give him the FIRST FRUITS. It's really worth it. And you don't have any guilt when the offering plate is passed at church.
I'm sure there are lots more, but I'll just go with three.
Jumping into one income so I could be a sahm was scary, but I have learned a lot about trust as well! God is so good :)
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