Oy! Finances

"And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

Philippians 4:19

 

Where is Dave Ramsey when we need him? I mean seriously. When things seemed as though we got it all figured out and its a well oiled machine and then BAM! No, you can't go out every night of the weekend for dinner/drinks, reupholster furniture, shop for new work clothes, take a trip to Charleston, spend, spend, spend and expect to pay off debt! Huh? What? You mean the huge law school loan debt, that is more then our mortgage, won't pay for itself? Sad face:-(

We need a jolt to our spending system, so we decided to sell a car.  We're going to sell the big 'ole SUV, the gas guzzler that also is having warranty issues that they can't seem to resolve. So instead of dumping more money into a vehicle we don't actually LOVE, we may as well cut it out now while it still has value! We do plan on replacing it, but with something that has very low payments and gives us a ton of MPGs, especially when gas will most likely hit $5/gallon by the summer!

This phase in our life has been very interesting. I've never had to rely on the Lord more for His guidance and ultimately give our struggle all to Him to control. I know He'll provide and He does over and over again. I was talking to my Mom about this, she was encouraging me telling me to give it up to the Lord, b/c, "You know Chelle, He will provide." Like it wasn't even a question or a doubt. I, in turn said, "Well it doesn't take away the stress of it all." I've been thinking about that comment I made. I basically said, yeah I hear you, but I still CHOOSE to stress over this. To me, I feel as if I let it go, it some how doesn't become a big deal anymore and we'll just fall back into our bad spending habits. Some faith, huh?! Again, I want control over it, rather then handing it over to the Lord. Instead of constantly thinking about IT ("it" being debt, money, etc), I need to be thinking about HIM asking for patience, encouragment, guidance, etc!

Yes, we like nice things, yes I have a great job and will have an even better job come the end of the month. My husband is an attorney! I mean come on! But who do we think we are?! Do we put our faith in money or in our Lord? Psalm 62:10 says "...if riches increase, do not set your heart on them." This is all His, all of it!