A Deeper Purpose for Saving Money

My son will be graduating this April 5 for the ABCs with Ace and Christi program from School of Tomorrow system which he finished last October. I am so thrilled to see him grow and learn not just academic subjects but also the Biblical values that are in the curriculum he uses.

In the Preschool with Ace and Christi and ABCs with Ace and Christi, there are stories, verses and activities that teach him valuable principles. One particular lesson he learned was saving money. He has a coin bank that we made for one of his lessons and he uses it to put the challenge coins I give him every time I come home with a change in my pocket.


But, the best thing about him learning how to save is his reason for saving. My son has learned a deeper purpose for saving money and that is more than the practical reason of string up for his future and emergencies. The deeper purpose he learned was saving money so he can worship God by being able to give more to God’s work and to other people in need. He is excited to save money in his coin bank so when it becomes full, he can bring it to church and give it as an offering to God and support the needs of the ministry and the people in our church’s feeding program. His purpose and perspective about saving money is a very valuable lesson we learned as a family.

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The Ability to Produce Wealth

In a previous blog entry I mentioned how this year’s start has been a good one in terms of online opportunities. Income has been more steady online and we have paid off all our debts within the two years that we have been earning from blogging.



It took us that long, almost two years, because that’s how deep we were in debt. But, the beginning of 2010 is a complete turn around. As debts have been paid off since the third quarter of last year, we have began to aggressively save money. There are a few things that we are saving for and the most important of all is our son’s educational expenses for the next school year. He will be finishing his pre-school level by March and will be moving on to the reading program of the School of Tomorrow system (we are homeschooling him, by the way).



The other things are a secret major purchase that we are praying for (you’ll know it when it happens) and other things that my wife and I like. I personally want to make a visit to a good hardware store similar to Baldwin hardware and invest on some electric tools that will make woodworking easier for me.

But, even as we experience this pouring out of blessings we do not forget that it is God who gives us the ability to produce wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18) so we are putting our hope in Him and not on anything He is using to bless us. To Him be the glory!

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