More Than Just Making It, Erin Odom
More Than Just Making It, Erin Odom
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More Than Just Making It
Hope for the Heart of the Financially Frustrated

Author: Erin Odom

Narrator: Michelle Lasley

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 09/05/2017


Synopsis

More Than Just Making It is your invitation to reimagine what the good life can be. Join Erin Odom, a mom thrown into low-income living, to learn how to overcome your circumstances, find creative ways to earn and save, and reset your heart and budget according to God’s designs.When you're trapped in a cycle of financial frustration, and you feel like you've tried everything only to end up with more month than money yet again, More Than Just Making It is your promise and pathway to thriving again.Take it from someone who's been there. Erin Odom grew up in the private schools and neatly manicured lawns of Upper Middle-Class America but was thrown into low-income living during the economic crash. She was a stay-at-home-mom, her husband was supporting the family on a teacher's salary, and even though they had no debt to their name, they were scrambling to make ends meet. Suddenly Erin found herself standing in line for food stamps, turning down play dates because she couldn't afford the gas, and ultimately walking into bankruptcy court in the eighth month of her third pregnancy.More Than Just Making It tells the story of their breaking point, as well as the triumph of their comeback. It took hard work, creativity, and faith in God's provision to reset their bank account as well as their hearts, but ultimately, they found a new way to thrive and freedom from financial anxiety. You can do the same.Learn how Erin and her family saved enough money to put $30,000 down on a home, buy a minivan in cash, and begin sending their daughter to private Christian school. More Than Just Making It will encourage you to rise above your circumstances, empower you with money-saving tips, and reimagine the good life as God designed it outside the myth of the American Dream.

About Erin Odom

Erin Odom is the author of More Than Just Making It and You Can Stay Home With Your Kids and is the founder of The Humbled Homemaker, a blog dedicated to grace-filled living designed to equip and encourage mothers in the trenches. She is passionate about Jesus, motherhood, crunchy living, and seeing women use their God-given gifts and passions to overcome life's challenges. Her Southern charm and wealth of inspirational, practical content has drawn an audience of millions over the years. Erin and her husband, Will, live in North Carolina, where they raise their three spirited redheaded girls and sweet and spoiled redheaded boy. Follow Erin at thehumbledhomemaker.com.       +


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jami on June 21, 2017

If you've ever felt the stress of being tight on money or you've struggled to make ends meet, you will be able to identify with Erin as she tells her family's story. I felt immediately drawn in to More Than Just Making It as Erin shares her own journey and what she did over the years when money was......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on July 10, 2017

Most people don't talk about finances. And if they do talk about finances, it's because they've got things under control. They don't talk about how they were hungry because the money ran out, they don't talk about much stress and depression their finances put on their marriage, and they definitely d......more

Goodreads review by Hollie on January 25, 2018

This book is more about making an argument in favor of government welfare than giving helpful ideas about how to be content and frugal. The author’s main goal seems to be to convince her audience that government welfare is good and should be embraced by the Church.......more

Goodreads review by Beth on August 08, 2017

This is the compelling story of a family who is barely making it and what they learn from that as well as a discussion of the choices that they make. From a Christian perspective, the book provides some "wake up calls" for fellow Christians who proclaim that the church and the church alone should he......more

Goodreads review by Katie on November 30, 2018

Eh. I wanted to love this book. The author tells her story of her family’s financial struggles and how they came out of them into a season of plenty. However, I found this book frustrating. I agree with the author that there should be no shame in using government assistance when it’s truly needed. O......more