Today's reading from the gospel of Mathew, spoke to me.
Mathew 6:19-23
"Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal, Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal. for your heart will always be where your riches are."
I began to think were has my heart been lately. I have been visiting other blogs, that show how their house looks and how they decorate. I have been trying to get my house to look like some of those houses. It is not bad to want a more organized and clutter free home. But when you start wanting the same furniture and expensive home decor, that becomes a problem. Now there are so many ways of keeping your home organized and not spend a lot of money. There are also blogs that show you how to be a thrifty shopper or how to make things out of recycled items to save you money.
Yes, I will love to have a nice home. But for what reasons? To impress others, or just because it make you feel better?
I have accumulated many things over the years, some of them are not even used and are piled up in the attic.
My goal this summer is to get rid of all the items, I no longer
I also got inspired by this post at Organizing Made Fun
To use the items we are blessed with and share them with others.
I have always wanted to have VBS at home with my kids, nephews and their friends. I have lots of books and craft supplies we can use. We did something similar, a few years back. The kids will get together once a week. They learned about a Catholic Saint, made a craft, they will have a snack and then go outside to play for a while. They were here for about 2 hours, and they had lots of fun.
Do to some of our relatives summer plans last year, we have not being able to this again.
Our plans for this summer are:
VBS at our local church next week.
Daughter might be attending a Math enrichment summer camp in July.
And I am still trying to find an activity for my son.
I hope I get to teach my children good virtues this summer.
One thing we have been working on is our summer chores. Helping each other, and teaching them how to earn things. My son is already learning about laundry. He said, "Mom the washer is filling up with water again." I told him,"that is the rinsing water to take out all the detergent out of the clothes."
Another lesson, was that he bought a toy and he only had one dollar earned. He said,"Mom, can you pay the rest and I will pay you back." I said," Ok, but you cannot buy anything else until you pay me back."
I told him," Now you see why its better to save up your money before you buy something. In the real world you can buy things on credit but you are charged interest. If you do not pay it all at the end of the month your balance increases, and you end up paying more."
Yesterday, I was at the store and I saw a nice quilt set for my bedroom. It was over $40, I was already close to the checkout lanes, and something inside me kept saying. "Do you really like it?" I did, but I did not feel right about spending so much. So I took it back to its place and did not buy it.
I began reading the book, The Total Money Makeover, by Dave Ramsey. I plan to do the steps. I will be making a Financial Binder, with a tracking sheet of my spending and a tracking sheet of how much I have saved by using coupons and buying items on sale.
I will be sharing with you pictures next post.
My heart is with my treasure, my treasure is my family. I want to not only teach but do the things I am teaching my kids. If I expect them to have a clean room before they play. Then I also must have my room clean before I get on the computer.
I ask God to continue to guide me in the making the right choices. May he also guide my children too.
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