6/9/2023 0 Comments Richard foster simplicity![]() I don’t think we can keep our children from being bored by buying them every toy their heart desires. There is nothing to do!” Do you remember days when sticks could become a make-believe gun, baton, secret transmitter, or other imaginary device and we would be entertained for hours? Therefore, every parent is amazed when their child exclaims, “I am bored. Go into any child’s playroom, and you will likely see a small version of the Walmart toy department. Nowhere is the need to live more simply more necessary than in the lives of our children. “Thou shalt not covet your neighbor’s house you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s” (Exodus 20:17). I think we could consider the 10th commandment the simplicity commandment. We were not living to have a better understanding of our faith in Jesus, but were dreaming of future days of employment when success would surely bring us all the toys of life. We used bricks and boards for shelves and a foot locker for a coffee table.īut I must confess: Our lives of simplicity were not chosen, but forced on us. ![]() We didn’t have the money, nor was there space in our dorm room. ![]() ![]() We showed simplistic discipline by passing up the other two matching pieces of furniture, though the reason was not spiritual at all. My roommate and I bought a repossessed sofa for $50. Do you remember a time in your life when you had fewer things, and life seemed simpler? I remember my college days as simpler days. ![]()
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