Our family is experiencing a revolution in the way that we live and think! The work that God is doing in our home is so amazing and exciting that I knew I wanted to share it. He is teaching us the value of simplicity. Our journey into simplicity began when my husband suddenly lost his teaching job at the end of the school year. Because he is a band director, we knew it would be difficult for him to find a new job for the coming year. The market in our community was flooded with musicians looking for jobs. We realized our worst fears as August approached and my husband still had not found a new position. Teaching is seasonal work, and the window of opportunity had closed until the next year. Needless to say, we were devastated. During that summer, I decided to keep a scrapbook that I called Project Summer, complete with stickers, sparkly letters, and ephemera including a card with the saying "Live Simply, Love Deeply.". This four letter phrase jumped out at me, and it quickly became our summer motto. We would learn to live with less, love what we had, and appreciate the simple things in life.
That was two years ago, and God is still revealing Himself to us in amazing ways as He teaches us the freedom in simplicity. This is our story, and I hope that it will challenge you to seek God and embrace simplicity!
-Sarah B.
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