Saturday, November 1, 2008
Update
Sometimes I wish I could just find a lot of money somewhere!! I think the worst part of my life right now surrounds money, or lack thereof. I know some of you are reading this blog from across country and will need a little background on this. My church, the LDS church, believes in paying tithing, or 10% of your income, to the church. It is an act of faith and is in the scriptures, which is why it is widely practiced by many other Christian religions. I have not been very good at this and this paycheck I really wanted to pay my 10%; however, then my car broke down and by the time I paid rent and the car repair, I had less than my tithing amount would be. I still had not purchased gasoline for my car or purchased groceries. So, now I"m left with 40$, which isn't a full tithe but is all I have for two weeks. If you have any experience with this or comments that might help me figure out what to do, please share with me!!
I believe in God and I know he has really been watching over me. I know it is because of Him that I got this new job and I am so grateful. I would think it would be easy just to hand over the money and deal with nothing. I could take the train and bus to work to save gas. It's just so scary to hand over that last bit.
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Hmmmm. Of course you've probably heard the same stories I have about if only you pay it things will happen and you'll be blessed tenfold. I've always been a full-tithe payer until 3 years ago. When I decided to stop paying, I just waited for disaster to strike because that's what I'd always heard. But nothing changed. I guess it's all about your amount of faith, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI guess so. I was worried God would think I was ungrateful if I didn't start paying tithing. It's so scary to hand over that money, especially when I don't have credit cards to fall back on in case of emergency. When you're on a cash basis, it's scary to hand that over!!
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