Wish List

It is so humbling to walk by faith and not by sight financially. It makes you think very hard about how you spend your money. I have always struggled over paying my bills, and am naturally inclined to be very legalistic about it. "If money's tight (and our money was always tight), then we just can't do anything fun, we can't spend a dime on anything that's not absolutely necessary." When her dad left and we had lived for a few months with God's provision, my daughter commented that she felt free to hope again, to want things and have some hope that she might enjoy some of them, that wanting things was not a sin. God showed me that my own attitude had been sinful reliance on myself rather than on Him, and that I had taught that to my children, as well. I am learning to trust Him for everything, which includes those things we want but don't really need. So I will use this post to share some of our wants with those of you who read my blog. It will be a permanent link on the left side of the blog.

1. We recently moved into an historic area of town and are loving where we live. While walking through downtown last week we found a book about growing up in this area of town that we would all love to read. It's called Days Gone By, by Jay Curtis Lovvorn.