January 15: Backpack Living

He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. - Ecclesiastes 5:10

With airlines charging us extra fees if we want to take our suitcase with us on vacation, more people relearning to take less. Even on overseas trips, many seasoned travelers pack little more than a change of clothes and a toothbrush. Garments can be washed out in a sink at night, and other supplies can be picked up as needed. Traveling with a half-empty backpack is a liberating adventure.

The same is true of live. The more we acquire, the more we have to take care of. Everything requires attention and maintenance. costs increase. an escalating lifestyle brings accelerating pressure. Pretty soon our possessions possess us.

Rather than being upwardly mobile, why not deliberately downsize? Constantly declutter. Pour your money into eternal investments and live simply.

In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon admits that he found little lasting satisfaction in his houses, vineyards, orchards, servants, herds tools, toys, and treasures (2:4-11). Real joy was found in the simplest acts of eating, drinking, and working hard (2:24). 

for abetter trip, throw a Bible in your backpack and travel light.

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Wear traveling on with our staff in hand....We are pilgrims bound for the heavenly land. - Fanny Crosby