How I Budget – What Should I Buy? (part 3)
Once someone realizes their “blessing” is at the expense of those around them, it’s hard to continue living extravagantly.
Category: Humble Living
How I Build a Budget – How Much is Enough? (part 2)
How I calculate “enough”
The Purpose of Saving
Saving only has one function: to prepare for a future expense, planned or unplanned.
The Standard of Living Isn’t Too Much
The simple fact is that the cost associated with your area’s standard of living incorporates things you have no control over: the value of your home, price of labor, cost of food, cost of utilities, etc.
The Standard of Living as a Benchmark Is Enough
I can’t value myself the same as those around me and then go around showing off with various status symbols like a big house, fancy car, or expensive clothes.
The Standard of Living as a Benchmark
We have to know how to love ourself (define how we want to live) to know what to work for in the lives of others.
Church Extravagance
“Is he a man of God or a man of gold?”
The Knee in the Curve of Luxury Goods
It’s ok to have nice things. Just make sure you understand the cost. Warning: you may accidentally learn some math while reading this.
Why Humble Living?
God Himself chose to come to the earth as a day laborer.
The Way of Humble Living 