Day 3 a picture of your favorite TV show…
Well folks I have to admit I don’t really have a favorite TV show per say. I wish I did, because if I did have a favorite TV show that would be an indicator that I actually have a way to watch TV, but I don’t. I do have a television but it is only hooked up to a DVD player, and I should be able to pick up local stations but I only get a bad reception of PBS, so I don’t even bother turning it on.
You see, I chose not to pay for the luxury of cable because I am vigorously fighting off DEBT that I accrued during college. Yup I said it, that dirty 4 letter word DEBT.
• Disclaimer: Because I don’t encourage profanity I will refer to this dirty word as D**T throughout the remainder of this blog.
I am in D**T up to my eyeballs, please note “up to my eyeballs” does not mean “in over my head.” (I think most Americans are in D**T up to their eyeballs and won’t admit it) But they say the first step to recovery is admitting your problem right? Well whoever “they” are tell them it’s on to step 2 for me…
For years I told myself that student loans, medical bills, and car payments were just a way of life, a fact, like Taxes and death. But it doesn’t have to be; in fact it’s not how God intended it to be. I recently took a biblical financial planning course called Crown Financial and it changed my view on money.
When I started applying God’s biblical principles to my check book (or now-a-days I guess we should say debit card) it was amazing how quickly things changed. I went from being in over my head to just up to my eyeballs. My bad four letter word D**T is still there and I still live pay check to pay check but the burden I carried for my finances is gone. God is allowing me to be very aggressive with my payments and intentional with every cent that he gives to me.
During the ten week course, through faithfulness, blessings, gifts and tears (cause let’s face it I’m a girl and this stuff is stressful) God allowed me to pay off 3 medical bills, one credit card, a loan from my Grandma for car repairs, and he lowered my car payments and the interest rate on one of my loans. It will still be years before I am out or D**T but at least I see the way out now. It has been amazing to see how God has used money to shower blessings in my life. Yes I just used the word money and blessing in the same sentence in reference to an American. I thought money could only be a blessing in a third world country.
I think a lot of people have the wrong perception of Money. I know before this study I did, I thought that it was the root of all evil and that it only made the rich greedy and materialistic, and that it left the poor needy and oppressed. But that is NOT how God views money. It’s hard to think that God even has a view on money but he does. And he can use it just like he uses everything else in our lives to bless us and those in our community, country and yes the rest of the world.
All that being said, I sorrta do have a favorite TV show. I have to wait until the day after it airs and watch in on the internet during my lunch break but I do get to watch this one show. I am not sure if I am more embarrassed to admit my D**T or the fact that I enjoy watching The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. They are actually awful shows of heartbreak, vanity, materialism, greed, and lust and I know I shouldn’t watch it but it’s like a train wreck I just can’t look away. People amaze me, they always have, and not always for the best reasons. Maybe once God tackles my D**T he can start to work on my habit of watching this show. Until then read this blog about Moses watching the Bachelor. It's pretty funny.
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