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31 Days Of Simple Living

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This is my first time participating in the 31 Days series via the amazinnnnnnnnnnnnng NESTER!  I’m in a good place in this season of life to be able to write 31 days in a row (although it still seems like such a daunting task).  So bring on the challenge!

I thought long and hard about what my 31 days would be on and came up with 31 Days Of Simple Living.  Who doesn’t need to live a little more simple?

When I post a 31 Days Of Simple Living topic, I’ll link to that post below.  It will show up highlighted and underlined!  

Simple Living Topics (in no particular order):

Want to take the challenge too?  C’mon, it will be fun.  Here are some helpful tips: *31 Day Tips.

Link up is tonight, somewhere between 8 and 10 est over at The Nester.


We tend to have a way of over-complicating life don’t we?  We gain more stuff, and with the gaining we lose sight of the perfect and peaceful gift of a simple life!  I sometimes crave what the Amish have after reading a collection of Beverly Lewis’s books!

So, before you and I can pursue the idea of Simple Living, we must refocus and regain the heartbeat of true contentment.

con·tent·ment
kənˈtentmənt/
noun
  1. 1.
    a state of happiness and satisfaction.
    “he found contentment in living a simple life in the country”
Verses to meditate on and memorize:

1 Timothy 6:6-7 “But godliness with contentment is great gain, 7 for we brought nothing into the world, and[a] we cannot take anything out of the world.”

Proverbs 14:30  “A tranquil[a] heart gives life to the flesh,
    but envy[b] makes the bones rot.”

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 “And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.”

Luke 12:15 “And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”


And so what I seek is a heart and mindset of contentment.  I don’t want to live an envious life that gives me rotten bones!  All this stuff on this side of eternity will burn up.  It’s all vanity!  So Heavenly Father, give me a content heart that is satisfied with YOU alone!

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Comments

  1. I am doing 31 Days this year for the first time too! 31 Quiet Days … oh, how I long for QUIET!! 🙂

    I look forward to what you will share – simple living seems to go perfectly with quiet. 🙂

  2. Oh simply living…what a fabulous series idea. I started the year with good intentions on trying to simplify our life but didn’t stick with it. I look forward to reading your thoughts and ideas. Blessings to you. Btw…I’m remain overly grateful for the redesign you did to my site. THANK YOU!!!!!!

  4. God has not given me the talent to write, but I’m thankful for those He has! I’m looking forward to reading your 31 days and trying to put them to practice. I guess I should start practicing my writing skills shouldn’t I? Love ya Traci! Thank you!!!