A Simple Life, 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... Read more.


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Time On Your Hands

So, did you do what we suggested yesterday, and finally switched off your TV, probably moved it from your living room up to the attic or into the basement or into some cabinet where you keep things that you usually don't need ? Or did you freecycle your TV set already ? Great !

So you have time on your hands now. Read more.

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How to Start Living a Simpler Life

Today's world is rather complex, much too complex for most people to be comfortable in it anymore. This was not always the case, and is largely the result of mankind thinking they know everything and better. God's commandments and guidelines for us are forgotten, for men found a "better" way of doing things. Today's society doesn't like the God of the bible a whole lot, which is probably something you have already heard your parents say when they home schooled you.

So what kind of life does God propose for us? Read more


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Simple Living in Practice, Lesson #11

TV again - yes, I know that a while ago, I already addressed TV, but experiences with people who claim to be following a simple living guideline and also classify themselves as born again Christians indicate that another word about TV is needed.

The idea presented by these people was that, although generally speaking, TV is "bad", there are some shows that are just great, like documentaries about animals, cooking shows, and the like, and that, the more channels you have to choose from, the easier it is to find the good shows ! Oh well. I find it highly inconsistent, really.

How much money do you pay monthly for 200 TV channels ? And is it really really worth it, if you are only looking for very specific shows ? Are you not deluding yourself into thinking that you are only using your TV for the good things ?

Well, let me say this: Television is a market, an industry, and it is the one medium that brings the evil right into your living room, or your children's bedroom. It comes in all shapes and sizes, as commercials, news, movies, documentaries, and it catches your attention almost against your will. It teaches you and your children more and more subtly than you are aware of, and it steals time you are supposed to devote to much more important matters - your family, your husband, God.

Can you not go to a library and borrow a book about animals, or a cookbook, and if you like a recipe especially, copy it into your own cooking booklet or folder, or, if you found a really really great book, decide to buy it after all ?

Why in the world would you want TV to educate you and your children ? Why in the world would you want to waste your money on a corrupt industry that doesn't do anyone any good other than generate money for those that run it ? Do you not have better things to spend your money and your time on ?

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