I stood in the kitchen that afternoon preparing dinner as usual when my man and I were discussing our current financial dilemma... Our problem of the day? We couldn't afford to pay our rent. It wasn't as if we were out spending money left and right because that certainly wasn't the case. The problem was his income wasn't enough. Actually, that's putting it nicely. He was more like unemployed rather than self-employed.
Then he asked me something that I'll never forget.
"Don't you ever long for stability?"
Well, I laughed at his question and then I responded directly to him.
"No offense, but I gave up on looking to you for financial stability a long time ago. It's the Lord I seek the financial stability from and I already have it. In fact, our life couldn't get any more stable because it's built on a Rock!" (Of course through the world's eyes if one were to look at our dire financial situation they'd think we were a bunch of religious fanatics. Well, they'd be almost right, however, I prefer the term, "Jesus Freaks"!)
Now I didn't say those words to my man with the intention of insulting or offending him, my reasoning was quite the contrary. I shared my direct viewpoint with him because one, he's a man and he speaks and hears 'direct language'. And two, as his sister in the Lord, I wanted to encourage him, challenge him, and remind him to have a biblical viewpoint regarding our financial stability. After all, as God's little sheep, we sometimes forget that our Shepherd is always with us. Plus, as his wife, I wanted my Beloved to know that I did not want to add anymore pressure to the weight that he was already carrying on his shoulders. I still valued him, respected him, and loved him just as much that day as the day I married him. I didn't want our financial turmoil to define our commitment and love towards one another because I knew if I did, it would destroy our marriage.
