Simplicity is about more then having less material possessions or even how we spend our money. Simplicity is about how we approach our lives. 2 Cor 8:9 speaks of Jesus choosing to become poor so that we may become rich is areas like faith, hope, love, and salvation. Jesus choose the seek a different way of living so that we may live, choose to live as Ghandi described "living simple so that other's may simply live."
Simplicity means thinking about things beyond how we see them - seeing how what we do and what we buy effects other people half way around the world. Simplicity means being engaged with the pain of those around us. Simplicity means praying simple, heart felt prayers, instead of cluttering up our prayer lives with words. Simplicity means examining our time to see if there is room for God to move in a powerful way.
Simplicity is about our entire way of being. Would you describe the way you live as simple? Why or why not?
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