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I am so excited to be on this 3 month journey to contentment and I’m excited to share a little bit about it with you all! In 2015 I attended the Pursuit Conference and heard Nancy Ray speak on a contentment challenge she started in hopes to save money and find her contentment in the Lord instead of material stuff. I came home from the conference knowing that I needed to spend some time studying what the Bible says about contentment (which led to me also studying joy and peace – two things I feel can go hand in hand with contentment) and do a little challenge myself. I went about a month limiting what I was spending, but it quickly faded as Christmas approached and I started buying gifts for everyone.
After another Christmas season of over-spending and being surrounded by so much materialism, I knew I had to start 2017 with a commitment to complete 3 months of the Contentment Challenge. With every Christmas sale, I found a “need” to get something – so while I was “saving money” getting things on sale, I was spending it unnecessarily! That on top of Amazon Prime purchases during late night nursing sessions…it got out of control. So this time, instead of doing a mini contentment challenge on a whim, I have spent a lot of time writing out my goals and guidelines for what I want this challenge to look like this time.
I’m excited to let go of the things that do not truly fulfill me and instead seek a life of finding fulfillment in Christ!
It’s a little intimidating, but I couldn’t be more excited to be on this journey! Although I definitely already almost bought something on Amazon YESTERDAY (it has just become too easy and second nature to buy something…anything whenever you want). Did I want that new morning devotional? Yes! But do I need it right now? Absolutely not, I have several other devotionals I can use in the meantime during this challenge! It’s not like it was a bad thing to purchase…it’s one that would help me grow in my faith, but it’s not something I need right now, and I am determined to stick to my rules and follow through with this challenge to the end.
I would love to hear if any of you are also doing this challenge or would like to do it with me!! Shoot me an email (info@alisonmishphotography.com), and I will send you some more information about how to get started and about a Facebook group that Kat Schmoyer started for those doing this challenge in 2017!
Once again, Happy New Year! Here’s to finding contentment in the things that truly matter this year!