Last week we sat down and looked at our budget. It's been LONG overdue for us to take a few moments and look at where we are at financially. I really hate it! There is something about living in ignorance and spending freely that really appeals to me! However, the end result of that is no good and we know that it is not the way the Lord would want us to live. We believe that every area of our lives needs to come under the lordship of Christ, including our finances. After all, He is the one who gives us everything we have and so we should live within the means He has provided, whether it is a lot or a little. So, debt just can not be an option, I think Scripture affirms that.
My confession is that I haven't even really tried very hard to live within our means the last few months. The result? We've had to "borrow" from our school money, those funds we have set aside for tuition and books for Casey and for the boys for homeschool. Now, that in itself doesn't seem like a bad thing, except that if we continue at the rate we were going, well, that wouldn't be pretty!
So, the July Challenge will be for us to not spend more than what we have. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, I doubt it. I like to shop, but I know I need the discipline to not shop even more. Part of Sundays message from our pastor was about making choices. We have the choice to walk in obedience or not too. So, we are choosing to walk within the means He has given us and trust Him to make up for anything that we might find we are lacking. So, why am a blogging about this? Well, for accountability mostly, but more than that we want to be able to give glory to God for how HE provides for us in every way.
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