Faith

Value 7:

"The Lord commanded us to pay tithing. Read Doctrine and Covenants 119 and Malachi 3: 8-12. Since obedience to the law of tithing is evidence of your faith, pay a full tithe. After three months record in your journal how paying tithing has helped your faith grow. List blessings in your life, both large and small, that have come because of your faith in the principle of tithing" 

I've always had a strong testimony of paying tithing. When I was little my family went through some trying financial times. My parents always paid tithing and taught us kids it was always important no matter what. I've never had a question in my mind and it's never been anything I think twice about. Except these past few months. While I was working on this value project. I've never been tempted to not pay tithing until now. There were several times I just thought to myself how nice it would be to keep the money because our finances have been SO tight. 10% can be a lot when you're stretched to the max. Of course it was just a second thought and we still paid our tithing every month in full. It took a lot of faith though. Faith that Heavenly Father would bless us financially to have enough funds to cover all our needs. Faith that we would be ok next month and that things would get better financially. I can see the blessings of tithing. We always have enough money and we were blessed for me to find a job that I can work from home and is very flexible with my schedule. I have a testimony of paying tithing and how important it is.