It is a choice that we carefully made.
Our choice was
greatly influenced by necessity and circumstance.
I once heard it said that God
often leads through circumstances.
There is a lot of truth in this. [Think of
Romans 8:28. All things work together for good for those who love God, who
are called according to his purpose.]
This smallness and simplicity is not
something we were completely unfamiliar with. We already had a mental
understanding. We simply lacked the long-term experience.
The working together for
good thing was certainly in play.
It is said that hindsight is always 2020.
In retrospect, I think life [all that went on before] groomed us for where we
are. In choosing this small and simple
lifestyle, we were, though we did not think of it as such at the time, saying
yes to a divine plan for our lives that is so much greater than our own. It has
been something like reentering the womb; therein to redevelop and grow.
[Photo Explanation - My home on the NW Kansas prairie before moving to New Jersey in 2001.]
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