evaluating money’s role in her life
This is a comment I left at Chewymom’s blog. (I seem to write much better comments than I do actual blog posts) So go read her post, skip my comment if you’ve read it here.
Hat tip - Like Merchant Ships
YES!!! There are no black and white rules here. We have to draw close to the Lord and have Him guide us in our decisions. Sometimes He says save, sometimes He says spend. And if He says spend - spend and be happy about it.
Our family has been convicted as well about where to spend our money. For example. I love to knit -with natural fibers and well crafted needles. I felt guilty about it because, really, I could knit with the acrylic yarn and cheap metal needles at Walmart. But God brought me into my local yarn shop and I was just never the same.
My local yarn shop has an owner. A real woman with a family. Who offered to rock my baby so I could pet the yarn. Who offered me a private room to nurse the baby, but also let me know that nursing was welcome in every area of her store. Who sometimes gives me an extra discount when she knows I can’t afford something.
Her yarn and needles cost more, but when I’m buying a hand painted yarn, there is also a woman making money doing something she loves while remaining with her family.
Those are all things worthy of the dollar I have been given stewardship over.
