Article October 9, 1995 Issue

Money and family harmony

Sharon Slaton Howell

One might not think of everyday finances as being an area that needs God's input. But given the tension, unhappiness, misunderstanding, and even court battles that money matters can cause between parents and children and brothers and sisters and uncles and cousins and aunts, it's a good idea to find out the will of the one Mind, God, in these decisions.

It doesn't matter whether the amount of funds a family is dealing with is a lot or virtually nothing. When there are differences among family members about how or if to spend it, we can take this first important step: we can get control of our own thinking by seeking God's will for us, praying earnestly, "Show me the best thing to do here."

"Show me?" someone may be thinking. "What about what the others are planning to do?" Yet you and I are never responsible for what someone else thinks or does. What we can do (and it is no small contribution to harmony and right solutions) is to find out what God wants us to do individually.

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