It's called faith

Several weeks ago, the church I attend did a series on giving.  We used the book The Blessed Life to base the sermon on.

I didn't get very far in reading the book but I did hear most of the sermons.  Tithing and giving has always been something I've struggled with.  It's not only an internal struggle but it's also been a struggle with my husband.

He has a great heart and I truly believe he believes in God but he doesn't believe you need to give 10%, I do although it's only been a fairly recent conviction.  I really believe that the first 10% of my pay needs to go to God.  Afterall, if it weren't for Him, I wouldn't have my job.  If it weren't for Him I wouldn't still have my job, cause goodness knows I would rather be able to do what I want when I want instead of having to deal with a job.

Starting a couple of weeks ago I started tithing fully.  I still have not told my husband and I know I need to.  That's a whole other blog though :)  I can tell you that tonight as I'm working through the bills and calenderizing them all that I realized if I kept that 10% it would be so much easier to pay all those bills this month.

I ended up needing 4 new tires today.  We received our escrow shortage bill today.  We need to pre-pay on our 2010 local taxes this month.  My $18 fee for activating my new phone which I surprisingly needed last month (yet another blog) was added to my bill that is due this month.  Christmas is only 2 months away and I need to start shopping for it.  I still owe our contractor $1500.  I'm feeling way overwhelmed right now.

But I'm going to trust that God knows what he is doing and I'm going to have faith that everything will work out in the end.  God is in control right?  And it really is called faith right?