I want to be heard. I want to listen well. I want to be a part of a strong community that hears, forgives, and offers strength and courage to others. I want to be a partner to my spouse that can “rumble” through hard financial times, decisions and discussions, as part of the greater purpose of offering strength to our family and community.
It was something I said and yelled often in my family of adults. I grew up the youngest of seven children – arriving much later than the rest – and our dinner conversations were always lively and loud.
When it comes to money questions, or any issues that need to be discussed, solved and decided around money management, do you like to think them through first, or do you need another person to talk them through?
We have a Heavenly Father, in whose image we are created, who declares the end from the beginning. In other words, He creates a picture of how things will be and then sets things in motion to realize His intended purposes.
It would be nice if everything came easily but that would deny us the opportunity to grow.