Habit #3: Trust God cares
This couple emphasized the much deeper factor that allowed them to have this grateful outlook: A very, very practical trust in God’s provision and care. This is the final and most essential step for thriving in money and marriage.
Fernando and Olivia had not always been content. Fernando described that for most of his life he was “the person who worried about money,” to the point of panic attacks and depression. Then came the day the power to their family’s small apartment was about to be turned off. Fernando finally confessed to his wife that he was at a breaking point. This drove them from being disconnected church attenders to being on their knees. As Fernando explained, they “finally put it in God’s hands.” In this crisis, they chose to trust their heavenly Father, and believe that God would take care of them.
“The next day, we got a check in the mail for almost the exact amount of the overdue bill,” he said.
They decided to embark on a life of faith with their tight finances, handling money as well as they could and trusting God with the rest. And since then, Olivia notes, “Somehow, God always provides.”
We have heard that from many people in our research and seen it many times in our own life: Doing the work to come together in marriage and money and then trusting God with the outcome will yield far more for your life than a technically-perfect financial plan. That sort of faith, unity, and intimacy is worth more than anything money can buy.
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