I missed an opportunity this week. My dad was talking about his view of the tithe which is" something that you do when you make a lot of money" and is not applicable to our family. I think he and my mom together make $80,000 or at most $90,000. Now that they only have one child living with them, I would say that's a very nice income. I think I made about $34,000 last year and I gave between 16-17%. I really wanted to say hat to him. However, my parents pay for my phone bill and my car insurance. If my dad knew how much money I give to charity when he still pays some of my bills, he would've been furious.
So, upset about this missed opportunity, I told my dad that I would start paying what I can for the car insurance. It'll have to come out of the money I was saving every month. I think I'll reduce my giving back down to 10% until I can pay for both car and my phone. Then I'll work on increasing my giving again. I'm going to stop tithing on my insurance benefits and my sick/holiday/vacation pay. Out of the extra blessings, I'll subtract my missionary support and my child sponsorship. I know I'll still have money "left over," maybe $25-50 monthly. I still want to give to Orphan's Tear. I want to see God's miraculous provision in my life. I actually have less financial stress when i live this way.
I'm disappointed that I can't aim for giving 20% of my gross income this year, but I think this will be a better testimony to my parents.
SO FAR: $29.86
$10 bag check
$23.42 cashback
$200 trans
$133.40 bills
=$366.82
10%=36.68
+$29.86
=$66.54
-$40 missionary support
=$26.54
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