Debt Free Living

After years of encouragement by Cora, I finally agreed to adopt a budget and live debt free. I took the verse from God's Word that says neither a lender or borrower be and applied it literally to our life. The lender part was easy, because we were broke anyway. The borrower part was an invitation for trouble. We didn't have any money to fall back on and I was unemployed. Isn't it humorous that God would take one of the most difficult financial times in our married life and encourage us to apply His Word to our life.

Craig's list is an amazing phenomenon. We began listing just about everything we owned on the listing service and sold most of it. God provided plenty of people to buy at fair prices. We were loaned a house to live in rent free. A dentist pulled my cracked tooth for free and referred me to another that repaired a broken tooth. Friends paid to get my truck out of the shop. My father-in-law bought a collector's edition rifle I had given Cora, so we could make the payment on my truck.

Cora and I both got perfect jobs and even get to work together at our church. Jeff and April have taken over payments on their investment house, graciously relieving us of the burden. God continues to provide in wonderful and unexpected ways. Pray His abundance on Jeff and April's investment.

"You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule." Matt 5:3