http://myblog.livingfinanciallyfreeministries.com/2010/07/01/you-can-do-what-the-government-wont/ Teaching you to become a better steward of God's resources. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://myblog.livingfinanciallyfreeministries.com/2010/07/01/you-can-do-what-the-government-wont/comment-page-1/#comment-6480 greg Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:36:35 +0000 http://myblog.livingfinanciallyfreeministries.com/?p=2808#comment-6480 @Gavin Thanks for the comment. You are so right. The budget can be the end of a lot of negative aspects to our life, and the beginning of a new “family tree”. @Gavin
Thanks for the comment. You are so right. The budget can be the end of a lot of negative aspects to our life, and the beginning of a new “family tree”.

]]> http://myblog.livingfinanciallyfreeministries.com/2010/07/01/you-can-do-what-the-government-wont/comment-page-1/#comment-6321 Gavin Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:03:53 +0000 http://myblog.livingfinanciallyfreeministries.com/?p=2808#comment-6321 A budget is not fun to create, but the freedom that a budget gives you from spending guilt, money arguments, and stressing over how to pay the next bill is wonderful. My wife and I created our first budget about five years ago. It took us three months before we were successful with our budget. At the end of that third month, we had 21 cents left over. We put that money into savings. We have not gone a single month since without a budget. The benefits we reap from the budget are no more money fights; no stress over paying the monthly bills; money to have big vacations and spontaneous family outings; and a reason to say “no” to social outings we don’t want to attend (I’m sorry, that is not in my budget). If you do not budget now, you need to start. You will be thankful that you did. A budget is not fun to create, but the freedom that a budget gives you from spending guilt, money arguments, and stressing over how to pay the next bill is wonderful. My wife and I created our first budget about five years ago. It took us three months before we were successful with our budget. At the end of that third month, we had 21 cents left over. We put that money into savings. We have not gone a single month since without a budget. The benefits we reap from the budget are no more money fights; no stress over paying the monthly bills; money to have big vacations and spontaneous family outings; and a reason to say “no” to social outings we don’t want to attend (I’m sorry, that is not in my budget). If you do not budget now, you need to start. You will be thankful that you did.

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