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  1. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    We ended up replacing the ring, but not cutting down our giving to the church or any other charities. I am happy wth our decision. I do wish that we had the extra money right now though as our retirement and other accounts are extremely slumped in the past few weeks due to the economic downturn...
  2. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    Thanks everyone for all of your advise. What I have learned from this is that God does not require a tithe, but does require offerings to be given freely and willingly. I have heard that we should really be giving more than 10% of our income if we can but that less is okay too and it depends on...
  3. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    This does make me think about how I shoul best serve God. But also, I am already assured of my salvation through faith. So I don't think that giving less money will make it so that I can't enter the kingdom of God. But...I also don't want to take money that was ear-marked to serve God and use it...
  4. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    It's really not about impressing the rest of the world at all. I barely even wore it this summer because of all the times I went swimming or on vacation. I just looked at it in my room, examining it's beauty and thinking about my husband. I don't really care that much what others think-I don't...
  5. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    I considered not buying the diamond at all but it's honestly the only thing I would go out of my way to repurchase if lost (except my wedding band and laptop because I need it for work). I just can't see going through the rest of my life without it. I would rather have this diamond than nice...
  6. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    I know they are worth so little after you buy them and I know they are a poor investment. But this ring brought me so much joy and gave me comfort whenever my husband had to be away for work, as he currently is and that's making this harder. I don't care about the monetary value or the ring as...
  7. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    I think you are right. I have been meditating on the fact that you can't take anything with you (I went to a funeral last week so that makes it easier), but I know that ring would have given me joy throughout my life and I would want to be buried with it one day. My conscience is giving me...
  8. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    You are the first poster to use the word 'sin'. I am starting to think it might be. To take from what God has laid on our hearts to give and give it to myself in the form of a ring.
  9. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    Thanks! I think because of the ring I am seeing it as a sense of duty rather than giving cheerfully. However, once the ring is paid for, I know I could give cheerfully again. But I think I need God to work in my heart so that I can reprchase the ring and give cheerfully. I mean, He gave us the...
  10. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    Thanks, I will take a look into these verses. Especially since I was planning to get extra insurance to insure the new ring. Our contents insurance was mandatory to live in our building.
  11. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    If they didn't still make the exact same ring, I wouldn't replace it at all since it wouldn't be the same. So I don't want to get a cheaper ring, even if it were a better ring. I have given a lot up to God. I gave up major career aspirations in the past, lots of money, my choice of husband. I...
  12. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    Yes, I agree with this. I probably shouldn't have called it our tithe but our offering. I don't normally see it as a burden, but because of this ring situation, I fear that I will. So by redirecting the funds to the ring for a short period, I can resume giving happily afterwards. I don't want...
  13. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    It's true, but as an offering isn't it optional anyways? Am I really forfeiting my soul by redirecting some funds for awhile?
  14. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    No, I am actually leaning away from taking it from our giving. I am thinking I can take on an extra contract in January once my current extra contract end. It just really sucks to think about because I was looking forward to not having to work so much. Or perhaps taking it out of savings which...
  15. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    I'm sorry to hear that. I first thought that it would be impossible to find the same ring I lost and was heartbroken but would not have purchased a different ring. But then when I saw that the same one was for sale 5 years later, I just know that it would completely fill the place in my heart...
  16. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    I try not to clame God but if He has control, He is at least partly to blame. Am I only supposed to give attribute good things to Him? It's true that we should not idolize material things and generally, I am pretty good about not caring about material things. There are only 5 things that I...
  17. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    Thanks! I think the problem is that I was giving because I wanted to, but now that I lost this ring and God has not helped me find it, I would be giving begrudgingly because I would rather buy back the ring. I could stop the giving for 5 months to buy the ring, and then give cheerfully again. Or...
  18. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    I could take on ANOTHER part time job to pay for this but I don't think I could find another $2000 by limiting my spending because the only thing I indulge in is eating out once a week, but removing this would punish my husband too. I don't buy coffee, smoke, etc. We already live in the cheapest...
  19. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    Thanks, I will! I have definitely lost a different ring years ago and looked under a bookshelf several times because I remembered seeing it there. Then, the day I was supposed to move, I found it under the bookshelf where I had looked so many times befre.
  20. puddleoffaith

    Can I reduce my tithe to buy back my engagement ring?

    Because then my spending for the year would stay the same. In my mind, it makes it so that I didn't actually lose anything because lots of people only give 5% to the offering anyways and I was planning to give 10ish but now only giving 5.