Handle your Business - Be Diligent

Women of Business, what would you have done in the following situation?

The cashier told her it was $200.00, almost $60.00 more than she had calculated it herself Well, this #womanahbusiness was diligent and politely asked the cashier to re-check her goods. What do you know? Somehow a $12.00 item was scanned in at $65.00.  As I read my friend's post about her experience, it made me think about how I was operating in my own time.  In the business of handling life, we need to be diligent with our money, our time, in our business and in life in general.

A diligent person is careful, conscientious and pays attention to detail.  As a blogger, I am passionate about family, faith and finances and I would like to challenge us to be diligent in these areas.

Family

Like my friend kept check of her grocery budget, it is important for us to keep track of our family's health and wellness. How are the children? How is your spouse? How are we loving and caring for one another? The Bible illustrates, in the book of Joshua, a man who took responsibility of his family and made the conscientious decision that he and his "house will serve the Lord,"  see Joshua 24:15. While raising a family in the faith is important, what are we teaching them by the way of our daily lives and conversations, do we know our children's friends, their interests, what's going on in their classrooms? Most of us do not have the time to be helicopter parents but we should try to keep on the pulse of our children's lives.

Would our spouses say we have been paying attention to them?  Ladies let me just say that with the number of women willing to be a side chick, it is important for us to be diligent in our marital relationships. We need to protect that area of our lives. Ladies do not neglect your husbands with the excuse of our children, work or time constraints. A healthy marital relationship affects your family's overall health positively.


Finances

Being diligent in our finances mean we respect what we earn, honour our financial commitments and do our best to repay what we owe.  While I am still a work in progress, as a Christian, I am diligent in my tithing as I take all the scriptures to heart that speaks about tithing and cheerful giving. Additionally dear reader, please know that living on a budget is another way to be diligent about your finances, I talk more about budgeting here.

With the Christmas season upon, be wary of the rabbit hole of unnecessary spending, shiny paper and the keeping up with the Jones' mentality Make your list, check it twice and stick to it. Our reason for celebrating is Jesus and the gift that would please Him most is our total surrender and recognition of  Him as Saviour.

I want to make a quick mention of how much those of us with small businesses need to be focused. Without careful consideration, we will not earn!!! Shout out to Fabulous Female, Shelly Aqui for her encouragement to me to keep on top of my work here. Stay tuned for an update on what she has been up to.

Faith

Let me be honest with you, I have been known to sometimes take the discipline of building and growing in my faith for granted.  Oh, I know that life can get in the way of our persevering in faith but we make time and room for what is important to us. My relationship with Jesus is important to me; when I catch myself going days without reading the Word and meditating on scriptures I know I have been dropping the ball. I get back on the path with the thought that without faith, no one can
please God.

Can I encourage you for a moment?

If we can, for the very least, take 15 minutes a day as a part of our morning routine to just give thanks, meditate on a scripture verse and even journal what the Holy Spirit is saying to us, we can grow in our faith.  Be diligent in your faith and this can positively affect how you handle the business of your life.

Thank you for reading! Please subscribe, share and comment. How do you plan on stepping up your diligence game?