Debt

Designer dress? Check. Yacht for reception? Check. Celebrity DJ? Check.

Once upon a time, all you needed to get married was friends, family, food, and flowers. These days, the only thing determining a wedding’s extravagance is the credit card limit.

But what sort of impact are these costly weddings having on the actual marriages?

The holidays are over. The decorations are taken down. The sugar rush from Christmas cookies has passed. Everything is back to normal.

Well, almost everything….

As of February, 2013, the average credit card debt for Americans who carry a monthly balance was a whopping $15,257. This staggeringly high number means that many Americans have a big problem with debt.

And the Bible says that debt is a very bad problem to have.