In the last several years, our expenses as a family have soared. This is mainly due to two facts. My family is growing and the cost of living is skyrocketing. And if you have paid attention to the news, the cost of food and fuel is supposed to increase again due to the drought of last summer.
Each week, I enter receipts and keep track of our checking account expenses. Over the last several months, I have noticed that these increases are mind-boggling. Not in the sense that these costs are high, but the fact that our income has remained fairly level, not combating the effects of the increases. What is mind-boggling is how God has provided our every need during this time. Not once have we had to ask to borrow money. Not once have we been late on a bill. Not once have we wondered from where our next meal would come. I do not mean to sound prideful. This all is not the result of our frugality, rather it is all because God is supplying! We have been faithful to Him and He has been more than faithful in return. He has actually blessed us over the last few years. Yes, I still work two jobs. Yes, there are tight months. Yes, the future economic situation is uncertain. With all this, I do not fear. God will continue to bless us because we do not plan on backing off of our faithfulness to Him. In service... In heart...In occupation... In finances -- He will be first in our lives! As long as this is the case, we will rest safely in the hollow of His hands!
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