Shark Tank Protection 4

I’m Miriam Neff and I’m Valerie Neff Hogan with Wise Women Managing Money.

M In times of transition, one burr in your boots can be: You.  Yes, especially in times of trauma, common sense becomes uncommon.  It’s tempting to think that spending on some items will make your pain go away, your shaking world feel sane again.

V Retail therapy is not therapy.  It’s unnecessary expense that brings debt and guilt with a short-term boost, like high caffeine coffee with a sugar cookie.  A plunge is ahead.  Better to pay a bill and feel that satisfaction, push the pause button on spending decisions.  God is the giver of contentment, not stuff. I Timothy 6:8. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.