simplify

to make simple or simpler
to reduce to basic essentials
to diminish in scope or complexity

How do you simplify? Life today is anything but simple. And we seem to be going in a million directions at once! How do you decide right now today that you want to simplify your life?

I don’t know the answer to this question. I have prayed over this for a long time now. At the beginning of this year I wanted to simplify my life. One big area I wanted to focus on was spending money foolishly, for example impulse shopping at the grocery store. You go home and you either never use it, or you never eat it, and its because you never needed it in the first place. Money down the drain. Another area I tried to focus on was doing things with our time that was not necessary. It’s really sad when your kids beg to have a weekend to stay home and “relax” as they call it. That means just stay home! How often do you do that? I think sometimes we think we are doing our kids a favor by taking them to Walmart, McDonalds, Chuck E Cheese, the list is endless. In my case they just want to stay home and spend time with mom and dad.

I read somewhere that you needed to pick the 3 most important things of your life. For example mine would be God, My Family (Husband/Kids), and Family (Extended). And when you needed to decide what to do if it did not fit into one of your important things in your life then put it to the side. It’s not important to you! Sometimes this means saying NO! Which can be hard, I know because I can’t say it! But I am learning. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. But I would only be hurting myself or my family if I did things that were not important to me. I do know one thing for sure, if you keep God in focus at all times you should be heading in the right direction because he will direct your path!
Proverbs 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And He will direct thy paths.

Seeking God is the best answer I could possible give, but no matter what, I hope this gave you something to think about today.

Thanks to someone special who gave me a good question to ponder today!! And it helped me to think about how God wants me to simplify my life. I almost wrote how I can simplify my life, yum isn’t that the problem in the first place. The big “I” and “me”.