Money

Hello friends!! Happy Autumn! Happy October! Happy Thanksgiving! (I love fall and I love October so naturally I had to post cute fall pictures on my blog #sorrynotsorry)

Okay! Now to the blog! I know it has been while since my last post but I have been debating writing this post for a while. Money is a sensitive topic and a topic most people can relate to. It usually is linked to stress, worry, success, freedom and happiness. Everyone has their own opinion and stories about money. But this blog is a place where I can share what has been going on in my life. So today my topic is money and I want to share with you my recent opinion.

If you have read my other blog posts, or even the "about" page on my blog, you will know that I am a worrier and that is why I actually created this blog, Daisy Dreamer! Worrying comes naturally to me. It is pretty much my fall back instinct in most situations. So when talking about or thinking about money I obviously worry! Now yes, it is important to have money because we all need to live. It is important to have enough to meet your needs! At least in my opinion that is important. But money is not worth worrying about. If we spend our lives worrying and stressing about money you aren't gonna live a good life. Its not how we are meant to live.

I have grown up in a family where memories, happiness and love are very important. My needs have always been met and my parents did a great job at making sure that happened! They also made sure I made lots of memories, felt loved and was happy. But even as a kid I would worry about money and come up to my parents room with budgets and worries but every time my parents would sit me down and remind me "Maggie you don't need to worry". I was a kid! So why was I making up budgets for my parents even though they didn't need them? Because I was a worrier. Because I am a worrier.

This habit has stayed with me. I am now doing my second university degree and getting married. Two huge things in life (that may or may not be expensive haha) Naturally the topic of money, jobs and all the good stuff has been in my mind ALOT lately. Everything came to a peak this last week. My schooling, my future, everything felt like it was closing in on me. The thought and stress of money consumed my every thought! I could not escape. I could not breathe. While driving I would be racking my brain on how to make things work. While in class I would be doing calculations. It consumed my every thought. Now the funny thing is I was worrying about FUTURE events. Next years tuition, next year when I am married and moved out. I was worrying and obsessing over future problems I may not even have!! Silly silly me, because as Joyce Meyer's says "worrying is putting a down payment on problems you may never have".

Going back to what I said earlier, it is important to have money to live but it is not healthy, for me, to worry and obsess over money. My mind was controlled and preoccupied by money. So much so that I was robbed of so many joyous experiences this past week because my mind simply was not present. My mind was in the future already trying to fix non existent problems. It is not worth loosing precious present moments to the bad habit of worrying. That is kinda what I was going through and what I have learned this past week!

Luke 12:24

"Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom now barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are then birds!"

I don't know what the next day, week or month holds for me! And I don't have to. I have my family who supports and reminds me that everything is going to be okay and that I am not alone. But most importantly I have a God who walks beside me and has also gone before me. HE knows what my next day, week, month, year looks like so I don't have to worry, He has already been there and conquered those problems. I know that He will provide for me in ways I never could have imagined.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfssg9-X6M0

(click the link to listen to the song!)

There is a song by Kristene DiMarco that perfectly sums this up! It is called "Could You Be This Good".

Now the song is amazing but what is even more amazing is the story behind it! Kristene shared the story behind this song on an instagram post and WOW. Her and her husband were living in a very cute but VERY SMALL house. They had one kid and wanted more but their house was too small. So Kristene bravely started to pray and ask God for a bigger house. Right away she was met with accusatory thoughts in her mind saying things like "you could have handled your money better" and "well that's not gonna happen" so she started to feel discouraged. But through those lies she heard the voice of Jesus saying "not by my account". She saw a picture of a bright white book with blank pages, All of her past mistakes where not there and she thought "could He be THIS good?"

WOW. That is a powerful story. My fiancé was the one who showed me her post and right away my soul felt lighter and encouraged. I could feel my faith rising and throughout the week I started to pray and ask for things I never would have before. Jesus cares about every detail of our lives. He may not answer our prayers the way we think they should be answered but He does listen and He does care. So do not worry about money. Do not let it consume your every waking thought. Do not let it rob you of your joy. Lay down your worries, pray for peace and ask. Because yes, He is that good.

XOXO

Maggie