Family Project

Our family has recently decided to embark on a project: We aren’t going to buy any “stuff” for one year. I’m wondering what the many blessings of that will be, but my hope is that contentment is one of them. We are taking a break from consumerism for just one year! I have a suspicion that we will find God providing our wants many times and Bella has already experienced that.

She was having a hard time accepting that she had some money and couldn’t spend it. She asked if she could just buy one more, and then be done. I’d been holding out, even though our official start day is Thanksgiving (we plan to reward ourselves with a family trip to Disneyland the week after Thanksgiving next year). She wanted to buy a new Webkinz (she has about 5).

My girlfriend treated us to bowling Friday night, and Bella’s big brother, Matt, noticed there was something sticking out of the 50 cent toy machine (the claw). He pointed it out to her and she retrieved it. It was a silly duck that quacks “do dah” and squawks when you grab it’s neck. I haven’t heard about buying anything since. I had the awesome opportunity to point out that God gives good gifts to his children, and wants to give us the desire of our hearts.

Anyway, thanks for reading my story. It is too good to be true to believe that God wants to bring us joy this way in our daily lives, but I’m beginning to believe it!