My Contribution
I've been struggling for the last year or so with wishing I could find a way to earn money for our family. Josh works three jobs and I was wishing I could take some pressure off of him and contribute. Also I hate when his birthday and Christmas come and I buy him a present with the money that he earned. It stinks. However the Lord has finally broken through to me. I was praying about what I could do to earn some money and the Lord said to me, "what would you do with the money"? Well, ofcourse there are tons of things I could do with the money, but I realized that none of them are as significant to our family as the time I would use to earn the money. I realized that we have enough money right now. I can't ask Josh to stop any of his work. Verizon Wireless is what supports us, the church is his ministry and calling and the gigs are his passion. The Lord showed me that what I can do is work hard at home to alleviate the pressure of working more when he gets home. I can learn to do some of the "house" jobs that I usually think of as "boy jobs". That way when he's home he can rest and be with us. I feel so freed. I'm growing in my ability to enjoy being cared for financially and see my work here at home as a valid contribution. It is a peaceful feeling.
posted by Liz @ 12:18 PM
3 Comments:
That's awesome Liz!! :)
There's a 'blog I love reading (don't know the lady and just kind of stumbled across her site), and one day she talked about the different jobs she's dabbled in over the years to earn money for the family. The funny thing, she's decided, is that she actually is better at saving her family money than at earning it.
I, too, can feel the way you described; but after reading that 'blog I felt encouraged to do what I can do--and being creative with saving money is one of them! You already sound like you're good at that.
So what kind of "boy jobs" have you taken on, if you don't mind me asking?
Good for you, Liz! I have gone through those exact feelings and felt the inadequacy of what I do at home. It's just that it's so radically different than what we see all around us (consumerism & lots of women in the workforce). I love the book "Feminine Appeal," because it helped me to see the significance of serving the Lord by serving my husband and children. (a lot of other books address that issue as well, but for some reason that book spoke to me...)
Good to see you (however briefly) at the barn dance.
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