Weird title. I know. But so so true.
Spending money has always been an area of weakness for me. Saving money? What’s that… I earned each of these pennies and they will go to enrich my life.
Until we went through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University while engaged, I had no clue of the impact that debt had…. I thought I’d just have student debt forever, I’d get a car loan, if I really wanted something I’d charge it. (While I don’t agree with everything DR says, he has got a lot of good stuff going for him!).
Suffice that to say, I now think of money different.
Once I became a believer and made God Lord of my life, my perspective changed even more.
Fast forward to recently, and our pastor gave a sermon and I was left feeling so convicted. While I never charge things I can’t afford and would never get a new car loan, I still was pretty flippant with the money we did get each month.
Enter “no eat out October”!
It was been the best month! For so many reasons. I want to challenge you in this too.
One, we have sat down to eat dinner together practically every night (with the exception with maybe one or two nights).
Two, we are eating healthy, home cooked meals. Very little processed food. Full of flavor. Even my 4.5 year old is gobbling it up telling me how “bomb!” it is!
Three, we have saved SO much money. Even going over the budget I set, we saved $650 by not eating out or getting coffee! SIX HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS! Unreal.
Four, lighting a candle (scentless soy hahaha), having the table set, music playing, having your two year old pray while your almost 1 year old throws food, and your 4.5 year old talks up a storm while watching your hubby gobble up his food is LIFEGIVING! Sitting together, sharing food, engaging in conversation, talking with the Lord, all of it, is so lifegiving. God made food for a reason and how amazing to get a to share meals with those we love!
Forth, even something as simple as not eating out, and planning ahead, can bring God glory. Even this is a form of worship. It’s not a way we prove to God that we finally have got it together – because by now have you figured out that you don’t, but it’s by his strength alone? But, it IS a way we can tell him thank you for what he has given to us by using it wisely and giving back to him (tithing and offerings). It’s an outpouring of the generosity that he has given us!
So, have I convinced you to try it for yourself, for you and your family?
In my next post I will highlight some practical steps I took to make this possible!
Leave some questions below, and I’ll try to answer them in my next post! đź’—
Xoxo,
Sarah
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