One of my favorite questions to ask kids is how they learned a skill. How did you learn to throw a ball or tie your shoes? To ride a bike or read a book? Often its because someone took the time to teach them and then they had to practice. So, who taught you financial wisdom?
For me, it was my dad, who taught me through example what it looked like to tithe. Who opened up saving accounts for my brothers and I early long and taught us about pass books (do you remember those?) and how to balance a check book ledger. However, I also fully realize that it is a gift and a privilege to have parents who taught me these skills and for too many folks they never had someone teach them financial wisdom in practice.
Perhaps that is why there has been a surge in the church in recent years around programs like Financial Peace University which teaches biblical principles around finances and how to live them out. We need more of that friends. We need folks who embody wisdom around finances and walk beside us as we make good decisions that reflect the call on our lives to be stewards of our resources.
What do you wish you would have learned about finances earlier in life and how can you walk beside someone else now to offer finical wisdom?
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