All of my husband's closest friends have purchased brand new cars in the last 6 months. One has an Escalada, one has a Crysler 300 and one has an Audi S4. We also drive a very nice used car, a BMW 325, it will probably be the nicest car we will have until the kids leave home and I'm enjoying a second career. I am amazed at these boys for spending this amount of money on a car. Sure, they've got the money, and technically so do we, we just choose to spend it differently.
The real issue for me here is the issue of appearances. Whether it's the house or the car or the clothes you wear - if you are honest with yourself - it's mostly about appearance. It's just another way to mask the brokenness that's a part of all of us.
It's hard for my husband to see his friends buys these beautiful peices of automotive art. But even as we talked about it today, he realizes we've made other choices. We choose to invest more in our home, more than some of his friends, and we choose to tithe. The amount we tithe could make it so we could easily afford a brand new luxury vehicle like his friends have, but committment to God is more important than our commitment to keep up with the Jones'. There are several other ways we could, and probably should, be spending our money that would be more pleasing to God. It's nice to know that we've made at least one good choice.
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