Stop Living Above Your Means!

Hi my fellow readers, I wanted to switch gears just for a little bit. I wanted to talk about life after Grief. Ive been thinking about “Whats Next” for some time now. Myself personally I’ve been going through, and GOD has truly showed himself strong once again. When I say my Faith is on a whole other level. People of GOD just when I thought GOD has left, here he comes again and saves the day. I was going through a bad storm. I felt like I was on top of the world being very careless with money. Not knowing the long term damage I was causing, but enjoying the moment. When I say my life turned upside down in a split second. I had to sit in this storm for 2years. It was super hard. I felt defeated, I felt angry because when I thought about it all, I knew better. GOD has a funny way of teaching you a lesson. My grandfather use to say “You whipped yourself”. My GOD, I did and I had learn from my mistakes and put my life back together. I had to go to GOD and apologized and ask for forgiveness first. Then I had to forgive myself because I would beat myself up everyday. Everything was tested during this time. I definitely felt defeated because Life was hitting me and it was coming fast. I could no longer keep myself up at that point and I fell. By GODs grace and mercy he came in and picked me up. GOD Gave me the strength I needed to do the work,  and put "Life" back together again. When I sit and think about it, I’m in shock because I can’t believe I’m sitting here writing about what I thought I’d never make it out of. During this storm my Lesson was finances. The lord was very disappointed because how careless I was with money. I felt like if I saw something I needed it right then and there. Now we all work hard for our money and we deserve something nice every now and then but, GOD was showing me the bigger picture. My picture was showing me to be content with what I had. When it was time for me to have something nice I would have it. It’s no reason, we have no savings nor emergency fund. It’s no reason why we live pay check to pay check. Lord I thank you for showing me and teaching me to be okay with what I have. Showing me that as long as my needs are supplied I’m okay. Lord I thank you for taking me through this storm to teach me this incredible lesson. For showing me it’s a time and place for everything. The LORD knows every desire of your heart. He knows I like to look good so because of that he’ll make a way, but I have to always remember to take care of important things first and then play. If I can’t play at the very moment know that its coming. My Faith walk is on a whole different type of level because during the storm people would speak over my husband and myself live. It got to a point where I’m like okay GOD I know that your word can’t come back to you void. Your  not a GOD who will lie so, when is all this stuff coming to pass. I wanted it right then and there. Patience and timing became my BFF. Having faith that if GOD said it then it shall come to pass. When I say some of the things that were spoken over our lives came to pass. I believe it was because I had faith and trust in My GOD. Now this is something I had to work on. This didn’t come over night. I had a choice I could either sit and crack, or get up and pray, fast and believe in GOD. So glad I decided to believe GOD Hallelujah. GOD has proven himself again and again during this storm. LORD I thank you.

So are you ready for “What’s Next” during this brief period Im gonna tell you how GOD is continuing to be with me even after Grief. Hold on because we’re going for a ride.

“I care for you, you care for, and we care for each other”. ( Roberta’s House)

Below I’ve shared some tips from my friend Google!

How to Stop Living Beyond Your Means

1. Look for patterns. Check your budget and your debit and credit card statements to see if you're spending more than you realize, especially in specific categories. ...

2. Create a budget and stick with it. ...

3. Don't put things on credit. ...

4. Find more income. ...

5. Build up savings.

“Proverbs 13:7 Some who are poor pretend to be rich;

others who are rich pretend to be poor”.