Wills – Passing on God’s Way

I’m Miriam Neff and I’m Valerie Neff Hogan with Wise Women Managing Money.

M In our recent African trip we met with pastors to discuss the plight of the widows in their churches.  They are often thrown off their land and their children taken.  We asked if pastors teach I Timothy 5:8 that husbands should provide for their families.  This includes documents in place to protect wives if their husband’s die. 

V This was a new concept for many of these pastors.  They don’t teach this.  We asked why.  One answered, ‘We don’t know when we’ll die.’  Before judging, many in our country don’t have a will.  It’s a simple loving thing to do. Of 10 couples, in 8, the husband will leave this planet first. 

M Make a will or a trust. It’s a simple God honoring thing to do.