More of Less

Did she not notice her typo? you ask.

Shouldn't that be "More or Less"?

Nope.  More of Less is what I've been thinking about.

For the last several years I have been trying to live with less. Mostly by reducing the amount of stuff I have. (Not that you would know it by the house full of boxes that we have waiting to load in the truck!!) De-cluttering has become a theme around here. A theme I have greatly enjoyed! I was surprised at how fun and freeing it was to give stuff away!!

But Friday as Geoff walked away from his last day of work he left a couple of perks behind. A work truck and a company phone. We are now back to one vehicle and one, sometimes-there-is-time-on-it-sometimes-there-is-not, cellphone.

"What's it feel like to be jobless?" I asked.
"And phone-less and truck-less and soon to be homeless".

We laughed at all the "less" we could list. (the homelessness will be a temporary condition, The closing dates of the two properties differ by a week). It's a odd feeling to be sure. Ditching what seems to be a perfectly functioning life and striking out to try our hands at something so wild and new!

But here's hoping as we adjust to some "less" we'll learn to live with some "more" too.

More FAITH for starters.

For most of us when (and if) we pray the Lord's Prayer, do we really have to stretch our faith to believe and hope for "Our daily bread"?  Usually we have that already taken care of right? There is some on the counter, in the freezer and money for more. My family's hope is to grow as much of our own food as we can. Since we've never done that our faith will be exercised for sure!!  Things like knowledge, supplies, sun and rain....which we haven't worried about before now, will become things we depend on God for!

Did you know that one person eats approximately 2000 pounds of food a year?!

Let's do the math. 4 Harris' x 2000 pounds each......Yikes!!! That's a lot of pounds!!!
How much will we have to plant to produce that?!

Goodness. How big a garden WILL we need?!

How many chickens and pigs should we buy to "fatten up"?
How much does a pig eat anyways? More then a teen boy, I'm guessing!!!

I'm thinking we'll need MORE of a few other things besides Faith.

We'll need Determination, STRENGTH and Wisdom, Protection, help.....

And lets be honest here ..we will need ....GOOGLE  :)  haha
                (Or knowledgeable farmer-neighbours)

How a girl who grew up in an apartment can become a farmer, I don't know. But it's been done before so I know it's possible.
I have faith in possibilities.
Cause after all......"With GOD all things are possible".

"More of less" just might be the thing we need to stretch and grow so that we find MORE of the important things.

In the mean time we'll give it all we've got and look to God to "fill the gaps" and our stomachs!