Jun 23 2008
Demonstrating Stewardship by Living Simply
Thanks to Planet Green and this post from the ”A Little Greener Everyday” blog I’ve been thinking a lot more about living simply. My last post was about my daughter and her friend being entertained by a potato (by the way, today they’ve been entertained by our dog and pillows, go figure).
I’ve been thinking about our stewardship of what God has given us. It can’t be good stewardship to always be wanting more, to want the latest and greatest thing on the market to make our lives easier. In fact, so many of these great technologies have done harm to the world we live in which I feel we need to be good stewards of as well.
We’re commanded not to covet, true it references adultery, but I think too much of our lives is spent wanting what others have.
I’ve been talking to my husband and friends lately about living simplar lives. There are so many ways to do this from consuming less to just scheduling less. Why do we need to go, go, go and buy, buy, buy?
If we as parents live our lives this way how are we teaching our children to be thankful for what God has given them? When do we have time to be still before God?
These are just some of the things I’ve been pondering and would encourage you to think about as well.
How can we be better stewards of the time, money, world and everything else that God had given us?
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Good post. We need to slow down and buy less. I’ve been attempting to try to plan out my week so I don’t have things scheduled so tightly. This will allow me the time to walk or ride my bike places instead of having to jump in the car because I’m in a rush. It doesn’t always work out, but I’ve managed to do it a couple of times.
Walked to school today to pick up my boys on their last day. Maybe next year I will make it a habit:)
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