3. They're Free!

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Folks living simple lives are free. They're not bound, enslaved or trapped by schedules or deadlines. They decide the times of their lives and live their days in full because they almost never "run out of time."

You know how to determine if something in your life is a clutter or a non-essential? If it takes away your freedom, it's garbage. And garbage needs to be taken out of the house.

"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom," says the bible. So freedom means you enjoy the presence of the Lord. That's a powerful blessing on the simple and meek---the poor in spirit.

I always watched my mom live her remaining years as a widow. She kept things so simple that she enjoyed freedom others even her age never did. She was always relaxed and calm. She died at 88. My dad also decided the same peaceful, simple life later in his life.

Even when they were younger, I often saw them relaxed and living a simple life that's why they often had free time to spend with us. I got my cool and relaxed attitude from both of them. Nothing is that important in life to allow it to take your freedom away.  And definitely, God won't take it away because it is his will to set you free. Therefore, I believe that anything that eats up your freedom is not God's will.

A lot of rich people spend a lot money just trying to be free. They spend vacation in remote places, in lonely islands or hidden valleys or exclusive resorts, or go on a expensive cruise just to enjoy freedom.

But of you're a simple guy living a simple life, you can just stay at home and be free. In fact, you can be anywhere and still enjoy freedom. Such a powerful blessing few people on earth enjoy.

Is this simple, free life really possible?

Well, Jesus put it this way---look at the birds and the lilies. The birds never store in barns and the lilies never labor nor spin. yet they are well provided for. They are free of what worries the world. If that isn't possible, Jesus would not have talked about it.