As we travel through life, it's too easy to pack more than we need.
I've found that I pack my life with too much stuff. My schedule is crammed with multiple to-do lists. Multitasking mania consumes me. My cabinets, closets, and garage are all full of stuff, yet I buy more. Unhealthy habits like procrastination and discontentment clutter my life. The clutter spills over into my spiritual life and crowds out God.
Yet He invites us to take on a fuller life with a lighter load. Find rest for your soul in this divine paradox.
WHAT TO PACK
INTRODUCTION - Packing Light?
CHAPTER 1 - ENOUGH! Discovering the Upside of Downsizing
CHAPTER 2 - ORDER: Managing Some Method in Our Madness
CHAPTER 3 - GRACE: Putting a Face on Grace
CHAPTER 4 - PATIENCE: Learning to Carry Some Wait
CHAPTER 5 - RESOURCEFULNESS: Giving Back What You Have Been Given
CHAPTER 6 - REST: Taking a Break So You Won't Fall Apart
CHAPTER 7 - CONTENTMENT: Wanting Just What You Really Need
WHAT TO UNPACK
CHAPTER 8 - DEBT: Making Sense of the Dollars
CHAPTER 9 - DISCOURAGEMENT: Being Lifted Out of the Pits
CHAPTER 10 - PROCRASTINATION: Putting It Off for Good
CHAPTER 11 - IDOLATRY: Solving the Case of the Missing God
CHAPTER 12 - WORRY: Trusting God Who Is Always Up
CHAPTER 13 - DISTRACTIONS: Finding Your Focus
PACKING IT IN: Activities to Enhance Your Study
ENDNOTES
Nancy Eichman has a passion for studying the Bible and has written several books for ladies Bible classes. She is a graduate of Freed-Hardeman University and Harding University. She has served as a teacher, legal assistant, and librarian. Nancy is now retired and lives in South Carolina, with her husband Phillip. They have two grown children and four grandsons.
