a simple life

i wonder how many of us can actually live a simple life until the day we die(this excludes those who already >60 and retired, i am toking to the younger ones) . i for one find it difficult but over the last few years....there are certain things inside me that has begun to change and make me think otherwise. anyways....does anyone know the actual meaning of a simple life ? well....i think there are 2 aspects to this...physically simple life and spiritually simple life.

what a lot of people is doing right now is trying to balance between this 2...below is a few scenarios of what is happening in the real world:

A) physically complex life and spiritually simple life (i believe many of us fall in this category)
B) physically complex life and spiritually complex life (you got to be a robot to do this)
C) physically simple life and spiritually complex life (ah ha...how many of us wanna be here?)

here is the definition of simple and complex:

simple means you live a nice, peaceful and quiet life. everything is down to the very basic needs for you to survive and you're happy staying that way for the rest of your life

complex means you live an exciting life that is ever changing, ever improving, always wanting something more, never satisfied with what you have etc etc ( you know what i mean lah)

i started my early christian life in category B, i was young, plenty of energy and i thought i could have the best of both worlds. before u know it, i fell and went into category A. now that i come back stronger in God and begin to walk closer than ever b4 with HIM, i find myself slowly shifting towards category C (for those of you out there, this doesn't mean i am getting old, ok ? i'm still young and i will stay like that for a very long time)

does this mean that i becoming a saint ? nope...it is just a shift of perspective as God begins to work in my life. i still have bad habits where i always like to buy new stuff (especially gadgets) but my other big dreams for myself is now beginning to shift towards God. i used to dream big, i want big house, big car, big this, big that. now i want big things for God, big ministry, big harvest field etc etc. i still have my urges of rewarding myself every now & then with things i like but i am only human and that is a weakness i will slowly have to work on, but things are definitely changing and God has really changed my perspective of life.

you know....if you look at during the bible days, people were just living normal & simple lives, it was only the christians that were living extra-ordinary lives (coz they were so busy preaching and spreading the gospel in POWER). that's why during those times, people either like you or hate you..simple. they like you, they believe you; they hate you, they stone you. in our times now, people invent and find tons of ways to like you or hate you. even after they like you....it can turn sour and if they hate you...it can turn good. isn't this world getting crazier ?

life is so complicated now, education's getting tougher, everyone wants to compete, every wanna be the best, everyone wanna have the best for THEMSELVES. but wat about God ? wat about the church of God ? what about the lost ? i leave it to you to think and ponder about this.

one thing i know for sure, i am working towards achieving a physically simple life and spiritually complex life now on earth coz i know when i go heaven one day everything will become simple, plain simple and that's where i being to live a simple life. Good day all !!