You can save money!

This week I chose to give you encouragement to save from someone I trust very much when it comes to finances - Dave Ramsey.  Here is an excerpt from his thoughts on saving money...

In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has. –Proverbs 21:20
Saving money is not a matter of math.
You will not save money when you get that next raise.
You will not save money when that car is paid off.
You will not save money when the kids are grown.
You will only save money when it becomes an emotional priority.

We all know we need to save, but most people don't save like they know they need to save. Why? Because they have competing goals. The goal to save isn't a high enough priority to delay that purchase of the pizza, DVD player, new computer, or china cabinet. So we purchase, buy, consume all our dollars away or, worse yet, go into debt to buy these things.

That debt means monthly payments that control our paychecks and make us say things like, "We just don't make enough to save any money!" Wrong, wrong, wrong! We do make enough to save money; we just aren't willing to quit spoiling ourselves with our little projects or pleasures to have enough left to save. It doesn't matter what you make—you can save money. It just has to become a big enough priority to you.

You can find the whole article at http://www.daveramsey.com/blog/the-secret-to-saving-money/

You can do it!  You can save money!!
We can do it together!!

In Him,
Pastor David