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Getting back to the "simple things" because of the recession doesn't sound like faith to me. If God wanted you to really pay attention to the things that matter that would have been the center piece of faith in the first place. Saying that God wanted to guide you to simplicity sounds like a coping mechanism for this recession, not like faith.

I know plenty of people who have chosen to live simply for many years preceding this recession who do not have an organized faith. It is possible to live this lifestyle even without a recession nipping on your heals.

posted 3 years, 6 months ago
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