{"id":13410,"date":"2026-09-20T22:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T22:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=13410"},"modified":"2026-09-20T22:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T22:15:14","slug":"the-simplest-things-sunday-september-27-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/the-simplest-things-sunday-september-27-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simplest\u00a0Things &#8211; Sunday, September 27, 2026 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But godliness with contentment is great gain \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>1 Timothy 6:6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Will it require a different roof over my head,<br \/>\nAnd that with only the finest foods I am fed,<br \/>\nFor me to see?<\/p>\n<p>Must I always be dressed in the best attire,<br \/>\nTo make others take notice and admire,<br \/>\nFor me to believe<br \/>\nThat I live abundantly,<br \/>\nThat God has favored me?<\/p>\n<p>Or will a change of my heart and mind<br \/>\nCause me to take the time to find\u2014<br \/>\nSo I will see\u2014<br \/>\nThat when I appreciatively look around,<br \/>\nAbundance and favor will be found?<\/p>\n<p>Then I will believe<br \/>\nThat within the simplest things<br \/>\nAre some of my greatest blessings.<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s not the magnitude that determines a blessing; it\u2019s your attitude. An appreciative mindset changes how you see everything around you.<\/em> This thought, tied to the opening poem, explores how the illusion of getting more or better is key to abundance and favor. Such thinking overlooks an important truth: what\u2019s currently possessed was likely at one time desired, which means the new thing that\u2019s desired, once obtained, will in time be less appealing.<\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s nothing wrong with wanting to advance in life, I\u2019ve discovered that the path towards acquiring newer things is paved with the simplest things, which, when appreciated, make the journey a slow, pleasant stroll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But godliness with contentment is great gain \u2013 1 Timothy 6:6 Will it require a different roof over my head, And that with only the finest foods I am fed, For me to see? Must I always be dressed in the best attire, To make others take notice and admire, For me to believe That &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/the-simplest-things-sunday-september-27-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Simplest\u00a0Things &#8211; Sunday, September 27, 2026 \u00a0&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13410","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13410"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13414,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13410\/revisions\/13414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}