Necessities

Today we set up a good chunk of the float for the Fishers Freedom Festival Parade. Thanks to everyone who helped out, and I hope to see you tomorrow during the parade.

But as we were finishing up Liz and I were talking about an article she was reading. It was about a book saying how we don't really need all we think we do, a book idea that was pitched over 20 years ago, but the author was told no one would buy a book about buying less or living smaller (it was the 80's).

But really, ow much do we need? The number one suggestion in the article to live simply, watch less TV. After all, every seven minutes you have a set of commercials explaining how much you need their product. I experienced it last night. I was watching TV and suddenly got hungry, no idea why, until I realized I had just seen about five ads for fast food. I had eaten only an hour before!

So start thinking about it. We're going to be talking about it at FUMC (www.fishersumc.org) during our "In God We Trust" series the first three weeks of July. How much do you really need?

Matthew 6:25 ~ “So my counsel is: Don’t worry about things—food, drink, and clothes. For you already have life and a body—and they are far more important than what to eat and wear." (LB, spoken by Jesus)

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