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):
- DAY 1: simple mindset
- DAY 2: simple ways to create memories
- DAY 3: simple ways to bless your spouse
- DAY 4: simple ways to be a good friend
- DAY 5: simple joys captured
- DAY 6: simple scents
- DAY 7: simple ways to serve as a family
- DAY 8: simple and healthy eating
- DAY 9: simple fitness
- DAY 10: simple order
- DAY 11: simple ways to say yes to your kids
- DAY 12: simple medicine
- DAY 13: simple cleaning
- simple delights
- simple spaces
- simple ways to memorize scripture
- simple ways to give back
- DAY 17: simple relaxation
- simple first world vision
- simple wardrobe
- simple colors
- simple entertainment
- simple gifts
- simple lighting
- simple ways to bless others
- simple craft ideas
- simple blog
- simple hospitality
- simple date night
- simple comforts
- simple sounds
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.
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
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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.”
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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