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Category: Inspiration

Posted on April 25, 2016February 11, 2018

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I think it’s time, my friends… I’ve been watching the seasons change & it's been an amazing display of color bursting through old, dead growth. It has become a picture that truly speaks to where I find myself at this moment. We tend to think of “simplifying” our lives to be more tangible than mental, emotional, physical & spiritual. Which really doesn’t make much sense to me because as I continue to learn what a “simplified life” looks like, I find that the material side of it is only the tip of the iceberg. Truth is, it will look like different things to each one of us because we are all at different places in life. There is no right or wrong to simplifying life. Problem is, we get so wrapped up in the life we have conceived for ourselves, the thought of breaking in & making changes seems to create more work than anything else. I wouldn’t disagree with that. But what good can come from life without a little work? Without a lot of work? “Change happens when the discomfort of our problem exceeds the discomfort of changing. Change is hard, but nothing is harder than living bound by our limitations and trying to convince ourselves that this is abundant life. Nothing is harder than living stuck.” (Kari Patterson, Sacred Mundane) I’ve been living this way for years now, stuck! My life has lost its color, its vibrancy. And it hit me! How can I show people the transforming power, the unconditional love, the hope, the restoration, the unwavering confidence I have in and through my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ if I am unstable, if I am living defeated, shaken, weak, slowly sinking in the sand? How long can I go on convincing myself that this is abundant life? How I choose to simplify my life right now matters because it shows how much I want to be free! God, may my desire be to pursue you in every aspect of my life. To love you regardless of anything, to be a reflection of you in spite of everything. Help me focus on you, to focus on your Kingdom, to focus on souls. Help me devote my time to what matters and quickly deny my attention to the things that don’t. Simplify me, Lord! I am taking a leave of absence from all social media. Not sure when I'll be back 😊
♡ Birds are SO beautiful ♡
《 My little EXPLORER 》
S I M P L E • B E A U T Y
I have absolutely NO idea who he got that look from 🙂
I know that life IS busy - not always because it has to be, but because we tend to make it that way. I often see how easily I cram my day full of things - things that do matter but are temporal and how difficult I make setting aside time on what is eternal - GOD. Why is it that I give God my leftovers??? I mean how can you have a relationship with someone you don't talk to or give anytime to??? It just don't make sense! For a long time I gave God, in a sense, His "alloted" slot for the day and then I moved on. Almost like I checked Him off on my list. And that time was short and stale - I never gave God an opportunity to do anything. I was so wrapped up in my schedule for the day it was almost like He became an inconvenience. But over the past few years that has changed and I've realized it is so much more than that "alloted time!" He is so much more than that! I can't limit my interaction with God because He's everywhere! And that is what He wants! He longs for me to find Him throughout my day. He desires to be apart of every aspect of my life...it doesn't matter what it is, He patiently waits for my invitation and He will always accept it, immediately! I am choosing to see God throughout my day - asking God to open my eyes to His beauty displayed all around me; I know I overlook so much. And because of that, I am able to worship Him anywhere...but I still have to choose to do it! I have to choose to sit and watch His creation. To listen to the sounds and take time out of my day to simply sit and be warmed by the light of the sun. And everytime I do just one of these things, my heart delights in it - because it is good! Now if only the sun could come out more than the rain, that would be great:) But until then, I will find beauty in what I see as dreary and miserable...this might take some time, but I am up for the challenge 🙄

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