Donna's New Car

Friday I flew out to Austin, Texas to pick up a 2017 Ford Edge for Donna. I've been shopping this vehicle for weeks, looking for the exact package we wanted for the right money. I finally found the exact vehicle we have been looking for right down to the color we love and the milage we hoped for. It was actually $10k less than this model car averages everywhere else in the country! God is good! 

The story gets even better! Because of the frugal money management of my wife, we were able to purchase the vehicle cash! Donna has driven her 2008 Chrysler Pacifica for 11 years! It's been a great car and she only puts about 10,000 miles per year on her car. So ever since we paid that vehicle off she's been saving toward purchasing our next vehicle cash! The Dave Ramsey approach to money management really works and I'm so grateful for a wife who practices these Biblical financial principals faithfully!

Earlier this year I purchased a Ford Explorer the same color as this car  - they are both a beautiful Ruby Red! So now she and I have matching automobiles! It's a real Sadie Hawkins moment for us! lol. All jokes aside, God is so good to us and we are thankful for His provision in our lives! 

How We Enter the New Year

Last night Donna and I attended a New Year's Eve party hosted by our dear friends Jason and Candice Esta. We had a great time hanging out with several friends from the church. We are so thankful for all the amazing friends God has given us! 

At the end of the evening, Candice had arranged for everyone in attendance to participate in something really cool. We all wrote down something that has been a real weight to us this past year - Things like worries, doubts, fears or offenses. We tied that piece of paper to a helium balloon and just before midnight, we took some time to pray and give those things to God - asking Him to help us not carry them in to the new year. After praying, we released those balloons into the air - symbols of our cares that we cast on the Lord.

1 Peter 5:7, Give all your worries and cares to God, 

because He cares about you. 

It was so inspiring to watch those weighty issues lift higher and higher until they were completely out of sight. I've always heard that how you leave one room is how you enter another. That's why it's so important that you settle issues in relationships, stages of life, etc. before you move on to another! I am entering into this new year right!