SAVING MONEY




Well it has been a couple of weeks since I last posted. I will have a fun Halloween post coming soon, but today I want to talk about saving money. My wife and I have decided to make an $880 purchase in the spring. This is an addition to our swimming pool. We have to have a third of the money before Thanksgiving and the rest when the work is done. We are going to sacrifice and come up with the money in keeping with our goal to never borrow money again.


We are going to need to live like no one else so that later we can live like no one else while we are saving for this purchase. We have learned a lot while coordinating Financial Peace at our church and we believe in the plan and most importantly the proverb THE BORROWER IS SLAVE TO THE LENDER!!!! God had it right when he said that and we are feeling enslaved right now.


If we can save for this purchase, this will be a family milestone for us as we have never saved for a purchase of this size before the purchase. I know we will do it but it will take incredible discipline, and lots of prayer. Living on less than we make will be the most important lesson learned by our family in 2006.