Mentoring, Leadership, & Homemaking
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.” I Timothy 6:6-7 This summer spend some time examining gratefulness and contentment in the hearts of your children. A few goals to work through this summer would be: Make plans to use your home to show hospitality to someone God lays on your heart. Trust God’s sovereignty that He has entrusted you with the income and possessions to {Read More}
Some call it living frugally, others say simply, at MMCW we say abundantly! Living within our means with the resources God has given is not hard to do when it’s done one step at a time. Here are some links to enjoy… Organizing Coupons…How to organize coupons in a way that doesn’t involve hours of clipping. Miserly Moms…Joni McCoy’s site is filled with plenty of good resources including economical meal plans. There are also links to her recent Focus on {Read More}
A friend told me the story of a lady she worked with that we’ll call Stacey. Stacy was a fashionista with children who knew more about current fashion trends than most adults. Her home was decorated beautifully, but she was beginning to find it cluttered. Deep in credit card debt although she had a well paying job, she sought the help of a personal organizer to get her home in order. The first thing the personal organizer did was look {Read More}
Do you find yourself saying these words: Do you think money grows on trees? or What do you think I’m made of, money? When my kids hit middle-school age I felt like I was constantly shelling out money for the movies, Chick-fil-A, youth group activities, and new clothes. I wanted my kids to have all of this but what yanked my chain was they did not seem to appreciate the value of money. Chuck and I came up with a {Read More}
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal says that, “Strategic incompetence isn’t about having a strategy that fails, but a failure that succeeds. It almost always works to deflect work one doesn’t want to do — without ever having to admit it.” We’ve all run into this before. My kids don’t want to do their chores, so they pretend they aren’t capable. If they do a poor enough job, they reason, perhaps someone will take over for them. {Read More}
Today, I wanted to share some things we are doing to train our kids to be wise with money. First, people are more inclined to save money when they have dreams and goals for how that money will be used. We are already helping our 11, 8 and 6-year-old sons think about their long-term goals (like cars and college) and their longer-term goals (like buying a house or having a wife who stays home with their children). Just this week {Read More}
She had charcoal black hair, olive-toned skin, beautiful black eyes, and a smile that could light up a room. As Elizabeth approached me at the Desperate for God women’s conference she began by saying how blessed she had been the night before by the message. She had been living the last year of her life trying to be sure she gave God complete control of her life. In August 2008 Elizabeth’s husband had lost his job. Elizabeth’s family is from {Read More}
Here are a few ways my family has been saving money: 1) We switched all our light bulbs to long-life environmentally-friendly compact fluorescent bulbs. By changing all the bulbs in the house we are already saving about $10 a month on our electric bills. CFLs cost more than regular bulbs up front, but they last 8 to 10 years and cut electricity usage dramatically. 2) We recently reduced our cable, internet, and telephone bills by 30% through comparison shopping and {Read More}
We all need good mentors offering practical advise, wisdom, encouragement, and friendship. Here at MMCW you will find a storehouse of mentoring between generations, just as it should be.
