Meet Angeliese Wisdom

We recently connected with Angeliese Wisdom and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Angeliese, really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?

I didn’t go looking for purpose, I kind of stumbled into it. There was even a short season where I stopped dreaming all together because it felt pointless to hope for something different.

As a teen stepping into adulthood, I had a whole plan for my life. I knew where I was gonna go, what I was gonna study, and where I’d be by 26. But life shifted fast, and the choices I made brought me into single motherhood. I tried to hang on to the plan, but it didn’t fit anymore, and that was devastating.

I can still picture myself sitting in this tiny community college outreach class pregnant, exhausted, and wondering how everything had unraveled so quickly. I switched my degree to accounting simply because it felt stable, and stability was the only thing I could think about with a baby on the way.

Looking back, I see the Lord’s fingerprints all over my story. From childhood to now, He has woven purpose into every season, even the ones that felt like detours. You always hear people say He takes you from confusion to clarity, and it sounds cliché until you watch Him do it in your own life. I actually failed my very first accounting class, and instead of quitting, it lit something in me and I knew there was nothing stopping me from figuring out how to do ALL of it.

Then things shifted again. I met my husband, moved my schooling online, worked fulltime, and and had two more beautiful children. Just like in the stories of Ruth and Esther, where you don’t always see God’s name outright, but you can clearly see His had, that’s exactly how it feels to look back on it all.

When I got pregnant with my youngest about three years ago, I was working overnights at Wal-Mart and going to school full time. I thought becoming a CPA was the only road forward, but that surprise pregnancy made me question how any of that life would realistically work.

Wal-Mart was not a healthy place for me, and even though there was room to grow, it was not where I was meant to stay. When I went on maternity leave, I knew I was not going back, but I had no idea what was next. I refused to put my kids in daycare, and I knew I could not keep working ten hour overnight shifts with a brand new, exclusively breastfed baby. My husband had been laid off right before my leave, and we knew unemployment wouldn’t last forever, so the pressure was real. We needed income, but nothing about our situation was sustainable.

I started searching for entry level bookkeeping jobs, but nothing near Wyoming offered remote work. Then one afternoon, during all that stress and panic, an ad popped up on Facebook talking about starting a bookkeeping business. It stopped me in my tracks. I didn’t even know that was possible. I thought I needed more experience, more credentials, something bigger to qualify me.

But the Lord does not call the qualified. He qualifies the called. Looking back, that ad was an answered prayer I hadn’t even spoken out loud.

It honestly felt like one of those moments where you just breathe out and say, “Okay God. How is this supposed to work?” We were not at a point where one income would be enough, and I love working so not doing anything wasn’t an option. But stepping out into entrepreneurship with no real plan and very limited financial resources was a HUGE risk.

But God has provided every single time in ways that I couldn’t have even imagined and still sometimes get in my feels over.

All of this to say, I found a deep love for accounting and even started the process of becoming a tax preparer without having to go to college so I can share that knowledge too. Finding the little and big things that the Lord says about accounting and money and connecting it to what I have learned and done, has been such an awesome experience. I really do feel like I am exactly where I am supposed to be, and my purpose is in serving the Lord through financial stewardship, both in my home and with each of my clients. He called me to be a mom, a wife, a business owner so I could learn that my identity isn’t in those titles. It is in serving. And I get to do that every day in every part of my life.

So when I look back, that is how I found my purpose. I didn’t hunt it down or discover it in one big profound moment. The Lord revealed it through the little things in each season, and every step, every tear, and every joyful moment brought me to where I am now, serving faithfully.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I am known as the Biblical Bookkeeper because I blend biblical financial principles with simple accounting systems to help community based organizations and faith led entrepreneurs steward their finances wisely. That is the heart behind my business, Bookkeeping with Wisdom. It is not just about balancing books. It is about helping people build a strong financial foundation that honors the Lord and gives them confidence in the decisions they make. The scripture I always reference is Matthew 25:29.

What excites me most about this work is getting to be a partner with my clients. I have helped business owners drop their tax bill by thirty thousand dollars, reduce unnecessary spending so that they can pay themselves, and build systems that give their money intentional purpose. I love watching the lightbulb moments when numbers stop feeling scary and start feeling like tools. I love seeing entrepreneurs who do not always love numbers, or who feel overwhelmed and frustrated with them, realize that it can be simple and easy to understand. The world has made finances complicated, but the truth is that it is actually very simple. It just has to be set up well.

A couple of things I have been working on include a 5 Day Financial Stewardship Challenge. It breaks down the basics of financial management in a way that feels simple without all the fluff that usually comes with QuickBooks or spreadsheets. It is designed to help faith led entrepreneurs feel seen and supported while giving them the steps they need to get organized without overwhelm. And it was built to get through all the information quickly but simply so that tax season, which is right around the corner, is not as stressful. The challenge is done through email and includes a written guide so it can be completed in the cracks of the day or all at once. It also leads right into the Bread & Budget Newsletter, where I share scripture and areas where the Holy Spirit has convicted me in my own business finances.

Another exciting addition is that I have been placed as a co coach inside Consecration Academy, which is a group coaching program with several other co coaches who help entrepreneurs move toward consistent 20k months in their businesses. My role there is to help women set a strong financial foundation with the Holy Spirit leading the process. It has been such a blessing to combine my education in accounting with the wisdom of the Word and show others how the two work beautifully together.

Bookkeeping with Wisdom is more than a business to me. It is the place where my testimony, my education, and the Lord’s leading all meet. And it is not just me anymore. The Lord has been adding the right people to support this work, and the team is growing in ways I could not have planned myself. I get to help faith led entrepreneurs steward their resources well, feel confident in their numbers, and build something that supports their faith, their families, and their communities. And I am grateful that this is the work I get to do.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Looking back, the three qualities that impacted my journey the most were my faith, my resilience, and my determination to make things work no matter what. My life did not follow the timeline I originally planned for myself. I had kids early, I started and stopped school more times than I can count, and I had many moments where it would have been easier to quit. But I held onto the promises the Lord made to me and the desire to make it in this world regardless of anything else.

My faith kept me grounded. There were (and are) so many thing I could not control, and prayer has been my anchor. Every season has required a different kind of surrender, and learning how to hear from the Lord, pause when I need to, and move when He says move has shaped everything about the woman I am today.

Resilience came from making hard decisions. I have had to step away from people and environments that were toxic to me or my family. I had to choose long term growth over short term comfort. I’ve had to be willing to shift, pivot, or let things go when they were not working. That resilience helped me stay stead through things that should have taken me out.

And determination is the thing that has carried me through the really tough seasons. I have faced insecurities, setbacks, and situations that felt impossible, but I didn’t give up. Even when I questioned myself, even when things fell apart, I keep going.

For anyone who is early in their journey, my biggest advice is: stay close to the Lord. He will guide you even when it feels like you are moving in the dark. Protect your peace and your environment. The people you surround yourself with matter more than you think. And remember that progress is not always what you think it is. Sometimes the most important thing you can do is keep going. You don’t need a perfect plan with even better execution, you just need faith, prayer, and the determination to keep going.

What would you advise – going all in on your strengths or investing on areas where you aren’t as strong to be more well-rounded?

I really believe it is important to be well rounded. It is easy to invest in the areas where we are naturally strong, and I do not think we should ever stop developing those gifts. But you don’t know what you don’t know. The gaps you don’t see can end up being the very things that slow you down later.

There was a point, early on in college, I had just switched my degree back to accounting and I didn’t know that going the private firm route was an option. I didn’t consider how important marketing would be or how to write at any length without making it sound like an essay or discussion board post. Looking back, I wish I would have paid more attention, asked more questions, and made connections outside of my comfort zone. It would have stengthened so many weaker points that I have had to rebuild as a business owner.

So now, I make it a point to grow in my strengths and alos invest time into my weak points. When I learned that I didn’t have to have my masters to start a business and work from home, I figured signing clients would be easy. I mean, bookkeeping is important. Taxes matter. Why would anyone need convincing to keep the IRS off their doorstep?

But I learned very quickly, that it is a lot deeper than that. I didn’t have a story behind my services, I didn’t know how to price myself, I didn’t know how to explain what made me different, or how to lead clients or communicate in a place of authority. I spent more time chasing emails and answering questions than I spent doing the actual work I loved. It was frustrating, probably as much for my first couple of clients as it was for me. I had to fail forward so much, but I learned.

Now I have a small team, and I never want them to struggle because I ignored the areas I was weak in. So I have and I continue to invest in coaching, more education, mentorship, and simply paying attention to people in leadership roles around me.

You don’t know what you don’t know, and in this life and in business, there is a lot to know. One of the things I’ve had to accept is that I will never be able to read every book or learn everything available in my lifetime. At first that felt discouraging, but then I realized something. I can be a forever student. I can always grow. I can always become a little better than I was yesterday.

So yes, lean into your strengths, but don’t ignore the weak spots. Sometimes the areas you are the most uncomfortable with end up becoming the very things that take you the farthest.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://bookkeepingwithwisdom.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biblicalbookkeeper/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angeliesewisdom/