Change of Purpose

As 2010 has now passed into the history books and 2011 has arrived, I have decided to once again attempt to maintain a blog. So much happened last year that I have decided to repurpose this blog. Originally it was going to be about automotive topics and particularly the restoration of my Camaro but, in light of what has occured in my life I am changing the topic. Last March my wife and I embarked on an expedition of sorts. The ultimate end of the quest being a life without debt of anykind. Yes, including mortgage free living! The inspiration came from the life story of Rich Mullins as told by James Bryan Smith in his book "An Arrow Pointing to Heaven." The way Rich lived his life made me want to change mine dramatically. As so often happens when we ask God to do a work in us, He answers. With God's help and direction, as well as, wisdom shared with us from Pastor Barry Cameron of Crossroads Christian Church in Grand Prairie,Texas, we decided the first change to be made was to become more purposeful with our resources and to get "Freed Up." We set a goal of being completely debt free in 7 years. Over the course of the next couple of posts I will take you from last March of 2010 up to the present day. I'll share our sucesses and failures along the way. You will see how far we have or have not come. Then I'll continue to mark our progress for you and let you see how we do. I hope this may be an encouragement to all who follow along and that it will inspire them to examine their own finances and decide to gear up for their own mission to be debt free.
As our country slowly climbs from the economic down turn we should all examine how we can strengthen our financial positions but, more than just that. We need to answer some questions along the way. For example, "Where does our hope for the future lie?" We have certainly seen where it should not be placed (Jobs, IRA's etc). Where do find security in life? Follow along and you'll get to see how we have decided to anwers these questions and you'll get to see how it goes for us. Lord willing in 7 years we'll be debt free and you'll know that it is possible! With God all things are possible (Math. 19:26b)!!