OK, so I have been once again giving this whole notion of simplicity some more thought. One reason for this is because I am doing a series on Sunday about the topic, but also because it just seems to really resonate with me at the moment. I just can not seem to shake the huge desire in my life for more simplicity.
I wonder what it is inside of me that craves such a thing, and yet really does not know what it would look like to live a simple kind of life. I mean, on the one hand, I know what it would look like to get rid of so much of the things that I have. I know what it would look like to get rid of so many of the “appointments” I have in my diary. But would that truly feed this craving in a healthy way? Am I just scared about the idea of doing something like this and am making excuses for not doing it….? I am just not sure.
I read that perfection comes not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away. Perfection is this? Is this what Jesus did by making things more simple with the greatest commands? Love God and Love others…..everything in the law and the prophets hanging on this kind of thing. Is this what he meant by his yoke being easy? I mean I know it can not mean that turning the other cheek is the easy choice. But maybe he means it is easy in that it is much more simple. It is much more boiled down and not so flipping complicated. I am not sure what it all is, but I know I want to live less and less complicated and the more I read the bible, the more I see my life in complicated ways…..
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