A Wife and Mom's Rule of Life: Fifth P - Provider
Review of Objective
This basically constitutes how you and your husband have discerned how God
wants you to provide for your family’s physical needs such as food, clothing
and shelter (AKA the paycheck!). And
managing your finances, and using it to pay the bills, maintain your home, etc.
Read A Mother’s Rule of Life, Chapter 7, “The Fifth P: Provider”
Instructions
“Part of financial stewardship also involves not just avoiding frivolous
spending, but recognizing that all we have has been entrusted to us so
that we may fulfill our mission to raise our children and even to help those
less fortunate that we. This means that
we need to distinguish between our essential needs and our excessive wants. For
often, rich or poor, we just want more.” - Holly Pierlot
“We do not have the right to keep for our exclusive use what we do not
need when others lack necessities”
- John A. Hardon
- John A. Hardon
“In
order to say yes to your priorities, you may have to say no to something else.”
- unknown
Book Reference
Read A Mother’s Rule of Life, Chapter 7, “The Fifth P: Provider”
Instructions
1.
Pray:
Come, Holy Spirit. Come by the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your well-beloved spouse. I pray that this time and my steps are ordered toward You, Lord, as I discern Your Will for our family and create my rule. I commit and entrust myself wholly to Your guidance, expecting You to cause my thoughts to become agreeable to Your will, so my planning will be blessed and these efforts will bear fruit. I ask this through Christ, Our Lord, Amen.
Come, Holy Spirit. Come by the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your well-beloved spouse. I pray that this time and my steps are ordered toward You, Lord, as I discern Your Will for our family and create my rule. I commit and entrust myself wholly to Your guidance, expecting You to cause my thoughts to become agreeable to Your will, so my planning will be blessed and these efforts will bear fruit. I ask this through Christ, Our Lord, Amen.
2.
Assess Options
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Are you living within your means? Unneeded
anxiety, stress?
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Work out the essentials-how much income do we
have coming in on a regular basis?
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Tithing? GOTTA do it. Trust God provides and will not be out-done
in generosity.
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What are our basic and necessary monthly
expenses?
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How much money do we owe, aside from car and
home payments? What are payment
schedules?
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What other expenses do we typically incur?
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What, if anything, can we allot to savings, no
matter how small?
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and make
a list of future “Add-ons,” start slowly you can always add more. What you do currently and adding on what you
ought to be doing
3.
Schedule/Manage It
Supporting Helps
Do you need to document this? Hang it on the refrigerator? Set a reminder on your phone? And the Like.
- Confirm these plans with your husband?
- Document your budget and schedule monthly reviews?
- Set reminders on your phone? Or make an appointment on your desktop calendar?
- Update your MROL Examen for you to evaluate daily during a scheduled prayer time, to check if you are following through on your 1st - 5th P commitments.
Taking it Further
List of additional resources applicable to the section, if desired
-Book: Happy
are You Poor, The Simple Life and Spiritual Freedom, by Thomas Dubay
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