Aside from our wedding day, this is one of the most exciting days of our marriage for me. We are completely debt free!! I just paid the LAST payment of my student loans off. Wow, did that feel good!! With the amount of student loans I graduated with, I know that it is only by the grace of God that we were able to persevere and pay it off in four years. God is so good! Not only has He allowed us to pay this debt off, but He has also blessed us with very cheap grad school opportunities that we'll be able to pay cash for along the way. Thinking back to my high school days, I remember how impossible it felt to be able to afford to go to a private Christian college. I spent countless hours in prayer in high school and in college asking that God would provide the means to make it a possibility. I also remember praying that God would allow me to reach my goal of paying my student loans off in 5 years rather than the 10 we're given. That dream seemed impossible at the time. Now in hindsight, I'm reminded that nothing is impossible for God. He went above and beyond answering my prayers. In fact, He probably laughed at my goal of five years and thought, "I'll show her--I'll allow her pay it off in four!" God not only blessed me with a wonderful education and experience at a Christian college, but also a place where I met my husband, who graduated with no student loans (thanks to the Eli Lilly Scholarship) and a place to work! My cup overflows with blessings (Psalm 23:5).
Philippians 4:6-7, 13: "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. ...For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength."
