Kid$ Corner

Take every opportunity to teach your children, no matter their age, the importance of tithing and handling their money responsibly. Taking the time to sit down with your preschooler or elementary student and preparing an envelope to take to church helps to start that giving mindset.

Having your teenager prepare a budget for their job or allowance, or establishing a savings plan for that item they want gets them started on the right foot in living within their means.

Shop for Insurance!

Shop around for lower insurance rates!
Many people stay with a company out of a sense of loyalty and never think to check if lower rates are available with other reputable companies. A phone call to an insurance broker who can compare quotes among companies can save you a lot of money. Brokers are paid by the insurance company, so it doesn’t cost you a dime!

A friend of mine saved $1,600/yr and I just saved $2,000 a year simply by changing insurance carriers. Now THAT is a pretty good return on a 10 minute phone call!

Credit Unions

Credit Unions offer special rates for new loans or refinances during the Spring.

Check it out! See if you qualify to reduce your interest rate. You may be able to save through paying off a loan earlier, or by securing lower monthly payments.

"Soarin"

As birds go, eagles’ wings are big, but the muscles that make them flap are not. Pound for pound, an eagle’s strength is no match for the strength of a hummingbird. The strength of eagles is not in their flapping but in their soaring. An eagle will perch high atop a canyon below. When the rising wind is just right, the eagle will fold its wings to its sides, literally cast itself into the chasm and plummet into the abyss. When the speed is just right, the bird will spread its wings, catch the thermals, rise up into the sky and soar.

This is an excellent picture of how God wants us to trust in him. Through no strength of our own, we cast ourselves upon God, fall into his mercy and soar on his promises. Our strength comes from trusting and soaring like an eagle, not flapping and working like a hummingbird. (borrowed from Ben Patterson)


So how are you flying financially? Are you handling your money as God commands, so that you can soar like an eagle, or are you flapping and working under your own strength like a hummingbird? My hope is that this newsletter will encourage you with hints and insights to flap less and soar higher!

They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:31b