I remember as a teenager and even as a grown woman my father's wealth. He always looked good, drove the latest and longest Lincoln Continental, and literally lives in the "big house on the hill." As I grew up I wanted what my dad had to some degree. When I married I mistakenly put that pressure on my husband to attain the kind of wealth that my father had. I was coveting and didn't even know it! The LORD revealed to me, that each person has a specific path in life and that my father had worked very hard in the military and in his new found job to be able to live that kind of lifestyle. My husband and I were just starting out. My husband who possesses a serious love and skill set for computers could not get a break in the industry. He ended up with God's help teaching himself the entire C+ course and got his certification. At that time that course was 5,000 and my man taught himself with God's help. I thought here we go only to come crashing down back into reality. He applied for so many places that I thought we'd run out of printer paper with all the resumes he sent out. Once he was called for an interview but when they saw my husband's ethnicity they politely apologized to him and told him that they were looking to interview another man with my husbands same exact name.....REALLY-WOW?! I was mad!!!!!! He kept going though and kept knocking on doors and teaching himself. After 12 years of marriage it's nice where we are..I'm content and God has blessed my husband to become an Network Engineer. We have not attained the wealth of my parents by any means but it's ok..we have a wealth that lies deep within contentment. I'm no longer concerned about trying to match my father or anyone else because I know and have experienced God's goodness over the course of time and it's nice to be able to NOT have to grind to keep up with the Jones's. What joy there is in just walking the path God has laid out before us and accomplishing what He wants for us...
Wives...don't put unecessary pressure on your honey whether you are starting out or have been married for awhile. Learn if you need to like I did, to be content. Sometimes we get weird and think God is a slot machine and He is not. He is a God who is sovereign, a God with a plan. God will bless when He is ready to bless and although it was pretty hard sometimes as I look back I can rejoice in how God moved for us. Remember these words.. But godliness with contentment is great gain. I Timothy 6:6
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