"The Real Deal" Debt is Dumb 11-17-10

Debt is Dumb?!?

 Who would of known that here I would be sitting at my dining room table typing up a blog..me, Mindy, wife of Marcus, mother of 3 adorable little ones, writing about debt of all things. I'm not sure anyone would have guessed this.  But, you see, here we are nonetheless.

  Being at home, surrounded by the walls, sheltered from the outside world, gives me plenty of time to think, rethink and yet think again.  This week I am digging, retrieving, and collecting information on debt...Getting into it, getting out of it, and staying away from it.

  My first reference, oddly enough, is an ancient book.  Yes, you guessed it; The B-I-B-L-E.  And yes, it is the book for me! :) So far I have located 2 scriptures that really stuck out to me.  They are not only hard to read and digest but I am tempted not to follow them!  Hey, I am just being honest.

  The American Culture is really not helping me try to be stressfree or debt free.  Actually, they are teasing me, entising me, and trying to get me to get into debt deeper.  Let's take a look at what I've found. America suggests "Why wait?" , "You deserve it!" "Have it your way".  Oh yes, I had it my way and it isn't much way in it.


   " KEEP OUT OF DEBT. OWE NO MAN ANYTHING, EXCEPT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. FOR HE WHO LOVES HIS NEIGHBOR HAS FUFILLED THE LAW". Interesting.


     I don't know about you but this I how I took it.  Okay. mindy. Keep out of debt.  That means no credit cars, no car loans, and no mortgage.  What no mortgage?  Okay that is what it says.  Owe NO man anything--hmm, I've broken that one.  Ahhhhh, love one another.  Okay now I can do that. (I did have _ _ _ live with me. :) 

     And that's not all.  Get this.  The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender. Prov 22:7  

Yes, I have felt the pull, the tug, and the suffication of being the slave.  The constant phone calls, the overwhelming letters in the mail to collect past due amounts, and even the emails listing the consequences, and the sleepless nights.  

Thankfully, I am ready to apply this bible thing to my life and see what happens.  The next time I "feel" like taking a loan I will scream NOOOO!!  In a good way of coarse.  I encourage you to encourage me and help me say NOOO!


    With all that said, I encourage you to think twice before you sign on the line one more time. :)

Estoy muy feliz de que son amigas.