Gratitude Friday Be Happy

I haven't done a gratitude Friday in a while seems like, but I have a lot to be grateful for. A good friend reminded me of how far I have come and how proud of me she is. I remember praying a prayer to God to send me love, and surround me with people that would uplift me. Certainly he has answered that prayer.

I look forward to the next great thing God is gonna do in my life, and honestly even if he doesn't do another thing I will be satisfied.

Yesterday I did some spending and here is the breakdown

$30 sams club - groceries
$37 krogers - groceries
$12 krogers - Brought a cheese grader
$25 meijer - groceries
$1 walmart -groceries

It felt really good to grocery shop and work on getting back to cooking. I cleaned out my pantry, organized my frig, cut up veggies n all. I am so excited about becoming the woman I would like to be and, I am realizing how wonderful it makes me feel to take care of business, and relax when its all done.

Gratitude Friday Be Wealthy

Today I realized all the things I have that aren't monetary that I love. My family friends and FOOD!!

Becoming debt free isn't about having a ton of money and sacrificing so much that you loss site of the important things, its actually the total opposite. You learn more about life, how to really love when the chips are ALL down, how to face trouble and how to shine when you have overcome. I am a person of integrity, truth, and faith and all this MONEY WILL NEVER BUY!

What are you grateful for today?

Gratitude Friday Living out your passion

I am grateful mostly this week for having a job. Yesterday was my first time being written up for tardiness in 5 years that I have worked there. It was a bit of a wake up call and it make me realize just how much I have to be thankful for. 1 they don't fire people on the spot, and 2 my boss even though she did was she did still was kind to me yet firm which is hard to come by especially when I give people my puppy dog eyes they just can't help but resist the love lol.

If you have a dream you should follow it but also be responsible. Hard work always pays off in the end and let no one tell you otherwise.

So is anybody grateful today?

Gratitude Friday

This week has been yet another Divine one!! I am getting some positive feedback on my class coming up which is very encouraging. My first pay day came with my income slashed in half and It kinda sorta didn't have any affect on me. Makes me wish I had set up my auto debt snowball much sooner but aye better late than never!!

A friend of mine decided to play match maker and hook me up with a date. Its been a very long time since I have been on a date so keep your fingers crossed that I don't scare this guy away lol.

Its snowing much here in Michigan and its all so very good. I am working on eating healthy and exercising (eventually). I am so happy to have created this blog, not only for myself but for others to be encouraged. If anyone has any questions please feel free to contact me at kimikeclark@msn.com.

What are you grateful for Today?

Gratitude Friday Kick off !!

As everyone here (all 2 of you) knows Divine and Debt Free is a new site. My goal here is to educate and share more personal experiences about my journey to debt freedom. One thing I love about this new site is being able to tie my every day life back to finances and inspire others. If I can inspire one person or educate them, I am a happy camper.

I am not a tradition starter but I certainly can follow em (the good ones). One particular tradition thats becoming contagious is GRATITUDE FRIDAYS over at the comebackgirl.com. Every Friday we speak about something or "somethings" we are grateful for. So much negativity is focused on during the week a lot of times and I do believe by speaking out loud how thankful you are can set the tone for more positive things to come!! So I will kick off this first gratitude Friday with what I am thankful for TAHDAY!

I must say it was one of the coolest days I have had to date and I have had a LOT of cool days this year. I was at work doing my usual (NOTHING) just kidding. I was working on sending out letters and answering incoming calls. THE PHONE RINGS "REGISTRATION THIS IS MIKKI HOW CAN I HELP YOU" as usual. The lady starts going in about how she needs help with her account. Typical call you would think right?? WRONG. My usual response to people is that when you need help filing and figuring numbers you call and accountant not us....

So she goes on to ask me "Is there ONE person that knows EVERYTHING i NEED TO DO TO FIX ALL THIS". (I giggle inside) "UM NO MA'am they don't pay us enough for that" (yes i did say it). But something (the holy spirit) told me to dig a little deeper. So I started asking her what exactly did she need..... Turns out the root of her frustration was due to bill collectors calling her. She said they threatened to put a lean on her house, garnish her income and take her first born child (ok i made that up but im sure they said something to the like). The frustration in her voice was disheartening.

Like I said usually I tell folks to kick a bag of rocks but this was different. What should have been a 5 minute call turned into 2 hours!! Yes I know, I pray I don't get in trouble but I couldn't help myself. I went on explaining to her how to deal with collectors, how to make a budget and how to keep from filing bankruptcy. The information was just spewing out of me and I felt so compelled to encourage this lady and get her to a place where she just stopped worrying. Well I was able to do that (took me a while I know). But the words she spoke to me almost brought tears to my eyes, she said "you know what you are the first person that has been able to help me with all of this, are you an angel? do you really work there?" I couldn't help but laugh. "No ma'am im not an angel but I understand what you are going through as I have been there myself" I ended the conversation letting her know she could call (me with any questions again as long as it didn't take me two hours to answer them) she laughed and assured me she would comply. I told her at the end to have a worry free Christmas and she said " I will now because of you" and it just made my day.

I decided that I was going to send her the TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER BOOK anonymously just for fun. To me it was such a blessing to have been able to encourage someone. I can't even describe how happy it made me. I am grateful that God has brought me through my own financial situation so that I could share my story and help others, thats what its all about.

So what are you Grateful for??