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I worked a lot this weekend so I had the opportunity to read some magazines while I was at lunch. Almost every magazine has money saving tips in it now. Some are really great while others not so great. It's easy to see why we have so many problems with money. One article I read was about finding money. It started off good suggesting you turn in all the gold you might have in your house for money. Then there were several more suggestions on how to borrow. Borrowing is never a good idea. Jesus calls for us to be free from bondage, and debt is bondage. Bondage leads to ruin and destruction. Boy do I know that one. I'm still cleaning up the mess of debt from my previous marriage twelve years ago. I'm getting closer to the end of it but as you can see it has been a very long time. I have learned a lot from this lesson and continue to learn still.
I read another great article on an experiment a man and his family did on not spending any money for a month, other than essentials for housing, utilities, and food. Everything else like eating out, parking, clothing, toiletries, internet, and even gasoline were off limits. They even had a plumbing crisis in the middle of it but rather than calling a plumber for an expensive repair he borrowed the neighbors internet and repaired it for ten cents. (He says the look on his wifes face when he actually fixed it was priceless!) At the end of the experiment they save two thousand dollars and donated the money. Most of us have far more than what we need. I am evaluating myself what we really need and what we don't. Could you take the no spending challenge?