In previous posts, we defined the date, balanced the budget, and bagged the babysitter. Today we will Customize the Categories. A date is a date is a date is a… disappointment. Though all men are created equal not all dates are. Therefore, we must catalogue and customize our categorized dates. Dating:
In previous posts, we defined the date and balanced the budget. If you still have kids in the home, you need a babysitter! Gone are the days that you could just put out a bowl of water and a box of fruit roll-ups and allow the kids to “have fun”. Hmmm, legal obligations… what are you going to do? (for those who don’t know me yet… relax I’m just kidding)
Last post we defined the date. This week we balance the budget.
I cannot tell you how many times I have taken the name of Dave Ramsey in Vain. “DAAAAVE!” After taking Dave Ramsey’s Course, Financial Peace University, there were hundreds of occasions that I wanted to forget the budget and just splurge.
Who cares if I couldn’t afford it? I wanted it and I wanted it… NOW! But then I would picture Dave in his button-down shirt and hip, faded jeans saying in his thick southern drawl, “Live like no one else, so that later you can Live Like No One Else!” Makes me sick! But it did get me out of debt and on my way to financial security. By the way, thanks Dave! When it comes to dating your mate, you will never be able to do this effectively if you don’t budget for it!
Over the next few blog posts, I am going to be writing about the importance of dating in the marriage relationship. I hope that you will follow along.
Although there are MANY areas in my life that I am struggling to improve, my dating life is not one of them. I have been married to Heather for 11 years, and we are deeply in love! I am not just talking about the obligatory kind of love that I must give because of the vows I made years ago, but a romantic love that continues to grow deeper throughout the years. Some may question if this is even possible.
A few weeks ago I preached a message entitled “Why did you Create Me?” And the service just seemed to go so very well. I love preaching to the people who attend Southern Hills and I get such joy in doing so. This led me to begin questioning why this is the case. Why do I find such great pleasure preaching to the People of Southern Hills. I came up with a few reasons I believe to be true.
