The quickest way to get out of debt is to die. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No plans for that \u2013 GOD! may decide otherwise but otherwise keep it moving (grins stoopitly) \u2013 so guess I\u2019m going to have to put in some work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the Lord knows me very well \u2013 He knows I\u2019m slow but He also made me smart, and if the path is laid one step at a time, He knows that I can follow along long enough to learn to just follow Him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first step GOD! sent was extremely basic, and not even particularly hard. To get out of debt, He told me to do one easy, simple, and very effective thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s so meta-real my mind is blown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So obvious I should have seen it, but hey, at least I got here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ready? [drumroll, please \u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GOD! told me: Stop spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ta-DAH!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See? Easy-peasy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, admittedly, this approach does involve some slight divergents related to dynamic costs such as food, clothing, and shelter, as well as the core competencies associated with some form of preventative or reparative maintenance \u2013 at some point, if not regularly \u2013 thus one would need to allocate partial spending to the above, as well as modicum of additional funds expended for the very purpose of waking up each morning, rising from one\u2019s slumbaaah, and remaining alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So. How do we (me\/myself\/I) do that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other thing He told me: \u201cStrategically.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t spend, but if you do, do so only with a specific thought in mind \/
Act only when there is a reason for spending the funds and a purpose for the purchase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
GOD! told me I needed to ask Seven Questions First: Who<\/em>? (will use this)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second: What<\/em>? (is this, exactly)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third: Where<\/em>? (is this coming from)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth: When<\/em>? (actual date\/time spending will happen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth: Why<\/em>? (is this necessary, exactly)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sixth: Which<\/em>? (source of funds) and Seventh: How<\/em>? (paper&clink\/plastic-fantastic)<\/p>\n\n\n\n And now that I\u2019m actually thinking before spending I tend to get through two or three of the Seven Questions before leaving something in the cart or on the shelf or in the store, and that money stays put. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ooo! Accumulation! How refreshing. Not that I\u2019m gaining any greater love for money but better respect<\/em>, and it\u2019s easy just to leave it alone \u2026 for the briefest of moments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n See, still gotta feed the debt monkey. Ahhh, Gorilla of Foolishness, I believe? Yeh, and that monkey is quarter mil hangry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Good news (the GOSPEL, yesss!!) \u2026 GOD! sent me a plan for that, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He is truly the only<\/em> Greatest of All Time \u2026 forever … before, during, after, and always. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And ain\u2019t no goats over here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Only the Lamb. [Rev. 5:5-7<\/em>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The quickest way to get out of debt is to die. No plans for that \u2013 GOD! may decide otherwise but otherwise keep it moving (grins stoopitly) \u2013 so guess I\u2019m going to have to put in some work. But the Lord knows me very well \u2013 He knows I\u2019m slow but He also made … <\/p>\n
before I drop any <\/em>money on any <\/em>thing \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
… that is … using today money [cash-on-hand<\/em>]
or future money [ooo!more debtmonkey fun!<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n