Giving of one's self

Do you volunteer? I mean really volunteer, like second part-time job kind of volunteer. Every week you sit down and make the world a better place without asking for anything in return. My wife volunteers like this and my heart is guilty. I stand guilty of secretly plotting against her efforts to volunteer. I get my little green visor and start counting the household beans, then I become a person of greed. I want so desperately to put every penny against our debt. I want to own our house and our car as soon as possible. I can become so set in this goal that I start to despise my wife's nobler pursuits. She is so talented and could be raking in the money for the work that she does. Instead I see us subsidizing her charity at 12% APR. Jesus taught of the shrewd manager (Luke 16:1-14). The man who generously gives from money that isn't even his. I realize that my wife is simply following her heart and who am I to stop it.

Mind you we aren't falling behind, in fact we are finally on the road of financial recovery (after so many years in college). My grumbling comes from the speed that we are paying down debt. But ask me if I would rather forego my hobbies for a year to support her volunteer efforts and I will tell you, yes.