So i spent 9 hours yesterday sitting in a room with 40 other people listening to a very wise older man who loves Jesus tons talk about BUDGETING. Sounds exciting right?
IT WAS and IS
Confession: I am sinfully unpurposeful about the way i spend my money.
i got a txt message today from a friend who was in the seminar with me. She went home last night and started tracking her spending. she wrote “so i discovered that i spent 60 dollars this month on lattes!! and the month is not even over!!! YIKES”
The guy didn’t have many NEW things to tell me. What he did bring to the table was some awesome tools. Easy pre-setup ways to track spending, and even more exciting… a table and plan and tool for tracking and planning a budget and timeline for effectively eliminating debt.
There was no magic formula, there was no “easy path to freedom”
It was 9 hours of realizing what God wants for my life in relation to money, praying to get on His plan, being encouraged and planning about how to start being more and more obedient and disciplined.
John 14:21
“Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.”
I really, truly, honestly want to be someone who loves Jesus. I want to be loved by Jesus and the Father. I want to see Jesus.
People lately have been fanatical about a new book called “crazy love” by francis chan… i haven’t purchased it yet, or read it. however i’ve been listening to francis’ sermons for almost a year on itunes. He’s the pastor of a church in simi valley, CA. This weeks sermon was great and you should hear it.
