Money money money

A few days ago we started this new thing with our budget. I learned it from a blogger who is a mother of six. She said to take an envelope and write Groceries on one side and Other on the other side. I wrote Spending on the other side but you could write Entertainment or Eating Out , etc. Then you budget $100 per person per week for groceries. So that means for our family of six it would be $150 a week to spend on groceries which includes Hello Fresh and diapers, wipes, shampoo, etc. The other side of the envelope is the amount of money leftover after tithing 10% to God, giving offerings for missions , paying bills and saving. There have been times in our lives when that number didnʼt even exist! But God always supplied our needs and paid the bills on time without going into debt!

Praise His Name!

So on your envelope you divide it in half and then draw three lines across to give you four weeks. Write your budgeted numbers at the top of each box and each time you spend money subtract it . If you go negative borrow across from the Spending side.

This has been so easy to manage and keep up with! I love it!

Malachi 3:10

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.