Simple Living, but Godly
We have been blogging about a simpler life for nearly two weeks now, sketching what can be done to start living simpler (you still haven't dragged your TV set back into the living room, or have you ?), giving you ideas about what skills you can start to develop right now to prepare for a self sufficient life in the countryside. Are your tomato seeds growing well ? Did you sew a skirt or two and throw out all those low cut tops you used to wear ? Did you get a book from the college library about herbal remedies, or home schooling ? Well, if you did, that would indeed be a good start.
But caution is needed, for now that you are all excited about a new way of life, don't forget that all these things are just outward. What they are all good for, what they all should lead to, dear young Christian lady, is only one thing:
To shake of the cares and concerns of the world, in order to be free to follow God's word in everything, to trust Him and obey His commandments, no matter what the world says.
We know that everywhere we look, people have turned the word of God upside down, calling evil good and good evil. God says we should not go into debt, for example, and in today's world, people are proud and well established in society if they are allowed to into a lot of debt, if they are credit-worthy. Ridiculous, but just one of many examples of how the world has turned away from God and His Law-Word.
So in all your excitement about a new way of looking at the world, don't forget that ultimately, all this is just a way of returning to God with all your heart, and of separating yourself from the world and its filth.
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But caution is needed, for now that you are all excited about a new way of life, don't forget that all these things are just outward. What they are all good for, what they all should lead to, dear young Christian lady, is only one thing:
To shake of the cares and concerns of the world, in order to be free to follow God's word in everything, to trust Him and obey His commandments, no matter what the world says.
We know that everywhere we look, people have turned the word of God upside down, calling evil good and good evil. God says we should not go into debt, for example, and in today's world, people are proud and well established in society if they are allowed to into a lot of debt, if they are credit-worthy. Ridiculous, but just one of many examples of how the world has turned away from God and His Law-Word.
So in all your excitement about a new way of looking at the world, don't forget that ultimately, all this is just a way of returning to God with all your heart, and of separating yourself from the world and its filth.
"NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." (Psa 119:105)
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