Blessings

I try to not complain about money, or lack of it, to anyone...except Joey. I try to focus on the fact that my God supplies all my NEEDS. That does not always look the way I want it to look but it is always enough.

I have food to eat. A nice house to live in. A reliable car to drive. And a healthy family.

So, like many people in America, Joey and I have debt. I am not proud of this. It is not fun. It feels like a weight on my shoulders and I know that Joey feels the same way. We don't have a lot of debt, (besides student loans for an incredible education at Mississippi College :) but we have debt none the less.

We have really been trying to buckle down and get this debt taken care of.

One of our main issues was that we bought our house at the height of the market. Meaning now that the bottom has fallen out we are upside down in our home. Not a fun place to be.

Having tried several times to refinance to take advantage of the lower interest rates, we have come to realize that we are not alone in this boat. 

Now, there is a new program for people like us, upside down but paying our mortgage on time every time.

We are blessed to be able to take advantage of the offer. It is going to lower our monthly payment A LOT! 

The last 2 weeks the Lord has been laying blessing after blessing on us. We just look at each other and laugh. It has truly been amazing.

I guess I blog all this for a reminder. An Ebenezer, so to say, that I will remember in the hard times that the Lord blesses us richly. I want to always look back at this time and be thankful. That is my goal. When I am struggling to see the end to the tunnel of darkness known as debt, I want to be able to look back and see that my God supplies all my needs. Always. Forever.

I serve an amazing God. He has blessed me beyond what I could ever think or deserve.

This Easter, I want to focus on those blessings. Including my salvation. What an awesome thing that Jesus did. And why did He do it? To glorify the Father. That is all. 

So, when I get bogged down in laundry, school work and a dirty house I need to focus on doing those things to glorify the Father.

Because in the end, that is all that matters.