Moment During "Secret History of the Credit Card"

I had a highly enjoyable moment last night. It was one of those times when you realize where you are along the continuum of life, and how the current moment is notably, perhaps fundamentally, different from "the way it used to be."

I was watching a program called Secret History of the Credit Card, which you can watch online. It was providential this aired last night and I was home to watch it with Becky, because...

..........drum role please...................

We paid off, and cut up ALL of our credit cards the day before.

So the really pleasurable moment came when I realized, about half way through the program, as they talked about the fees, the spiraling interest rates, the nearly-predatory lending and ultimately how much of a ball and chain this kind of debt can be, I realized... my chest didn't hurt... and I wasn't grinding my molars.... I, I, I feel.... fine.

Just days before, when I was carrying credit card debt, it would have been a huge anxiety catalyst to sit through any portion of this show.

Suddenly I realized a new dimension of the truth that to be in debt is a kind of bondage. (Prov 22:7)

I realized this afresh, from the vantage point of freedom, looking backwards.