This Christian Life

Money

Money, money everywhere, not a cent to spend. That’s my hard realization lately. My wife and I have worked really hard to make a budget and live by it. Not that it’s easy, but it has definitely helped us get our finances under control. I’m in a period of life where I’ve been thinking more and more about money and forcing myself to work through what it means to have money and how to live with it. It’s kind of a taboo that I’m working through. The more I read, the more I learn, but it’s almost been a requirement to start from scratch and relearn and build a solid foundation before being able to move on.

The hardest part about all of this for me is that while we make enough money through my job and could probably say we have more money than most other people in the world (simply because we live in the U.S.), we still struggle with letting our bank account bottom out every now and then, always having the itch to buy the next best thing, not being good stewards of our money, not giving enough, buying compulsively, and so on.

Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and you’re okay.
Money, it’s a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I’ll buy me a football team.

I’ve found a lot of help from Dave Ramsey, Robert Kiyosaki, and Robert Allen. There’s a lot to learn, so the more people I listen to, the better in my mind.

“…Where debt is dumb, cash is king and the paid off home mortgage has taken the place of the BMW as the status symbol of choice.” -Dave Ramsey