It’s Just Stuff!

It’s just stuff, things that why we work right to buy stuff. House, car, food, clothes there is stuff you need and stuff you want. There is even stuff you need that can be stuff you want. Let’s say you need a new pair of glasses that’s a need but you get the pair that cost $600 dollars just for the frame because they are Prada or Coach. Now don’t get me wrong this is not an anti-stuff blog. I’m 33 and I have stuff but over the past few months something inside me has changed about how I feel about stuff. For example I love clothes and shoes I own a lot like 30+ shoes and over a 100+ shirts. That’s how it is for my 2 kids who are only 7 and my wife owns twice that. But hey it ok because we donate most of it after every season. That’s crazy I wasn’t saving any money for Kids College or anything and you say yeah credit cards our bad. I know, I agree I learned that lesson over 10 years ago. I was using cash only and have been for 10 years. You say didn’t you have a budget yeah in my head, so I did the rough math in my head and over the past few years I’ve spent almost 150,000 in cash on just stuff. The glasses example I mention earlier that was my wife a couple years ago. That’s college for one of my kids so I guess that’s what happen when you do the budget in your head. So Dave Ramsey did a series at Lifechurh.tv a couple of months ago and I guess I actually listened it all made sense. Now I look at things in a different way its more than just stuff. See I thought as long as I was not in debt or living from check to check, I was being a good manager of my money. See it all makes sense now just because we are not being bad or struggling with what God gives us does not mean we are living how he would have us to.