Praise God from whom all blessings flow...

Yes, God is faithful and good and we are not. As of March (2007) the Lord paid off our debt (this does not include our mortgage) and we are extremely grateful to Him for doing this. We had been working hard at it, but the Lord is the one who deserves all of the glory. We actually did not think that we would be out of debt until the end of this year, but the Lord in His goodness paid it off :)

We received a big tax return this year and so we put it all toward paying off debt and we also received some random money for a sound wall that they are building behind our house and with these two checks, we are now able to live in the freedom of owning man nothing. Like I mentioned before, we still have our house to pay off and this is our next goal and prayer request.

I remember Matty faithfully praying and asking the Lord to pay off our debt and we have seen His mighty hand do it whenever we least expected it. Now we faithfully pray to the Lord to pay off our house. He will do it in His perfect timing and plan. I like asking God without giving Him my "wisdom" or "knowledge" of how He "should" do things. I like His results and I know that they are better than anything I could have pictured to be "perfect."

As Matty and I were talking about being debt free Matt asked me, "why do you think things happened all of a sudden?" That same morning I asked myself the same question and the Lord reminded me that He did it so that we would not be prideful about it thinking, "well, we worked so hard and we saved all of our pennies and boy it was hard work, but we made it!" He wanted to receive all the glory and wanted us to praise Him for what He did...He wanted to remind us of His faithfulness and love toward us and He also wanted us to have mercy and grace on those who are in debt...to see them not with haughty eyes, but to help them out! Yes, we did do things to get us there, but it was ultimately HIS hand who provided the increase and paid off our debt.

I love God! He is so sovereign and good to us. He is in control and we are not. I love the way He helps me see that. What a great God we serve!