Yesterday evening marked the 13th official week of Dave Ramsey's Peace University and it's funny how a small group can change your life. On one hand, most information presented was nothing new. On the other hand, the information brought transformation not just in Rebecca's and my finances, but in the very way we think about money and wealth.
Yet, we find ourselves not even at the tipping point of what God desires for us as we obey him. We are doing a lot of work and a lot of discipline work namely in learning to say "no" to ourselves and each other. Perhaps the greatest thing that Dave Ramsey did was this: He gave us a vision for what our world and what the world would like if we pursued God's plan for our finances.
It has taken me years to learn this. The next year will be a long haul, but we have a renewed sense of hope and vision for what God wants for us. Rebecca and I went to Catalyst in Atlanta with Chrissy and Ben Fukushima two months ago and had the opportunity to thank Dave Ramsey personally for his influence in our lives.
His encouragement to us was to continue to pursue God with focused intensity and over time, we would gain the momentum needed to make our vision a reality.
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