This question of financial lack is important. After all, if Christianity is true, if God owns everything, if He is love, if He is the God of all provision, why do many of His precious children struggle in under lack of finance and/or debt? Like many people who’ve been hit hard by the economy, we’re finding a lot of creative ways to spend our time together, as a family.
We’ve turned our formal living room into a library and have spent some time in there just reading.
Pictionary, Texas Hold ‘Em, Singing Bee, Wii Resort, and Trivia Pursuit are a few games we’ve played together. Texas Hold ‘Em with 7 kids is SO predictable!
Throwing the baseball around outside; hopefully not hitting the dog square in the head.
Going on bike rides around the neighborhood and laughing at each other when our pant legs get caught in the chain.
Basketball games with the neighborhood kids.
Movie nights, with $1 movies from Redbox, and microwave popcorn is always a hit on Friday or Saturday nights.
The girls and I will spend hours scrap booking together. It’s always fun to see the end result.
And during major rain and wind storms, we have no power, so doing things by candle light is a treat. It’s as if we live in a time before electricity was invented. The kids love being able to light all the candles in the house.
Financially, it’s been a struggle for us and I know it wears on my husband. However, out of the darkness, there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Because we do not have the extra discretionary income, we’ve gone back to a “simpler life” and to my surprise; the kids have embraced it and have enjoyed the time with us.
I just need to remember that often times we are doing nothing wrong but still have financial struggles. It can be a part of the training God is putting us through in order to develop us into the people He wants us to be. He wants us to have faith and trust in Him alone. He is our Source. Sometimes He takes away all external support so we can learn that He is our Supply and He doesn't need any help. Many Biblical people went through this: Job, Joseph, Moses, David, and even Jesus Himself. It has also been the experience of many Godly people since then. Financial struggles are not necessarily a sign of sin or wrong doing. They can be a part of the processes of God to work something greater in our lives and our ability to reach others. Many times there is financial reward when we come through the tests successfully.
